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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;teh_admiral, post: 3258151, member: 99788&quot;][USER=19765]@fretboard[/USER] haha I thought I would get some historical and/or scientific context as to how coins are minted and the statistical variations!</p><p><br /></p><p>And I disagree: trusting people blindly is for the birds. A car is only new before it is driven off the lot. Same with coins. Anything circulated, no matter how pretty it is, is &quot;damaged&quot; by definition. Therefore, scratch-testing is mandatory to guarantee authenticity. You wouldn&#039;t buy a pretty used Benz without having it inspected, would you? Even if it is a classic SLR, 1 out of however many remaining.......[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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