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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 2911329, member: 10461&quot;]Wow.</p><p><br /></p><p>I. Have. No. Idea.</p><p><br /></p><p>That&#039;s interesting.&nbsp; I&#039;ve never noticed these, and if I had seen just one example, I&#039;d have immediately assumed &quot;machine damage&quot;.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>But since it appears to be a common occurrence ... well ... I dunno?</p><p><br /></p><p>*shrug*</p><p><br /></p><p>Now I&#039;m gonna look more closely when I see ZAR silver coins!</p><p><br /></p><p>One fun thing I <i>do </i>know about (and you may as well) is the preponderance of <a href="http://www.stampcircuit.com/coin-Auction/status-international/8007828/lot-4001-militaria-australia-status-international-public" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.stampcircuit.com/coin-Auction/status-international/8007828/lot-4001-militaria-australia-status-international-public" rel="nofollow">trench art pieces from the Boer War</a>, where Oom Paul Kruger had a variety of hats carved onto his head, and a big meerschaum, Sherlock Holmes-style pipe stuck in his mouth.&nbsp; (I wonder if he really smoked a pipe?&nbsp; Maybe.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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