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<p>[QUOTE="Insider, post: 2436678, member: 24314"]I'm not arguing with you. Words have meanings. The more we all understand the usage the more we can visualize things. I'm not saying you are wrong. You can choose whatever words you wish BUT THEN your description goes over my head and I don't understand what you are saying. Yes, I see something unusual in the right field of the OP's coin. If someone chose to call it a "hole" I would try to have him change his view, Just as I would if someone said the coin had a scrape. In my world, and I'll even bring in the world of countless grading seminars, there is no "scrape" on the coin.</p><p> </p><p>I bring up grading seminars because for the most part in the ones I have been in, the first day is spent defining the numismatic terms we will be using so that when one student sees a "scratch" at 10 o'clock all the others in the class know what he/she considers a scratch and where to look for it. </p><p> </p><p>The more education we all can bring to everyone the better it is. I'll bet we could all spend a day defining all the different degrees/types of scratches & scrapes and the differences between them. Not saying I'm correct but at least you and I have been open for a good discussion. I definitely got a great idea from your posts so THANKS![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Insider, post: 2436678, member: 24314"]I'm not arguing with you. Words have meanings. The more we all understand the usage the more we can visualize things. I'm not saying you are wrong. You can choose whatever words you wish BUT THEN your description goes over my head and I don't understand what you are saying. Yes, I see something unusual in the right field of the OP's coin. If someone chose to call it a "hole" I would try to have him change his view, Just as I would if someone said the coin had a scrape. In my world, and I'll even bring in the world of countless grading seminars, there is no "scrape" on the coin. I bring up grading seminars because for the most part in the ones I have been in, the first day is spent defining the numismatic terms we will be using so that when one student sees a "scratch" at 10 o'clock all the others in the class know what he/she considers a scratch and where to look for it. The more education we all can bring to everyone the better it is. I'll bet we could all spend a day defining all the different degrees/types of scratches & scrapes and the differences between them. Not saying I'm correct but at least you and I have been open for a good discussion. I definitely got a great idea from your posts so THANKS![/QUOTE]
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