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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 1945014, member: 112&quot;]Something else that just occurred to me, say there was a collector who used metal letter punches on all of his coins. Every coin he got for his collection, he punched his initials into that coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Years later, when those coins went on the market and you happened to run across some of them. Would you consider those coins as having been damaged because the former owner punched his initials into them ? Or would you consider those coins highly collectible and maybe even worth a premium because of those marks punched into them ?</p><p><br /></p><p>Well, that&#039;s what chopmarks are. They may not have been their initials, but they were most definitely an individualized identifying mark punched into the coin. And that&#039;s why I consider them as I do - to be nothing more than another form of damage.</p><p><br /></p><p>But if you like to collect them for that reason, more power to ya.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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