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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Honolulu Dick, post: 978148, member: 24745&quot;]Hontonal&#039;s answer is about as complete as you can get --- &quot;it Depends&quot;.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Imperfect people, collecting perfect coins, retch at the sight of a disgusting chop mark.&nbsp; Those, motivated by historical considerations, find that they attest to the beauty of the coins history.&nbsp; Then there is the dark-side, the &quot;sub-culture&quot; that specializes in the study of chop marks.&nbsp; To them, the coin is merely the carrier, it&#039;s the chop marks that thy are collecting.&nbsp; Just Google: chop marked coins, and you can begin your own bewildering study of this obscure topic.&nbsp; I read with interest, but it&#039;s too complex for retention.</p><p><br /></p><p>Have a couple of chop marked Spanish Colonials [one lightly, the other heavily punched] and they create many favorable comments when shown to non-collectors.&nbsp; They were acquired for their historical value and not as precious gems.&nbsp; Normally [whatever that is], one or two chop marks do not devalue a coin by a great amount.&nbsp; Many, and the coin is considered non-collectable.&nbsp; I know of no instance where chop marks have increased the value of a coin.&nbsp; Increased interest, perhaps, but not worth.</p><p><br /></p><p>FYI, our good member, Clinker, posted an article titled -- Trivia: Chop Marks.&nbsp; Posting was on 01-12-2010.&nbsp; By using the search thread, you should be able to locate his informative posting.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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