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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 978439, member: 26302&quot;]I must be old or something. Chop marks used to ALWAYS lower a coins value. They are damage. Yes, I like them too somewhat as I think they make the coin interesting, but I am not going to pay as much for a chopmarked coin, (or circulated, or rim dings, etc), as a perfect specimen. It used to be chops always lowered the value versus unchopped pieces, it just depended on how severe the chop was, where the chop was, etc.</p><p><br /></p><p>Chris</p><p><br /></p><p>P.S. Also notice the difference between chop marks or bankers marks and countermarks. Chop or bankers marks are third party marks, and lower the value of the piece. Countermarks are marks attached by the coining authority to restate or reaffirm a value. Countermarks frequently increase value to a piece, and are graded separately from the original coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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