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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 2722323, member: 112&quot;]The terms are really self-explanatory. Bagmark for example is just another name for contact mark. They come in varying degrees of severity, can be quite small to quite large, but are all the result of some other object hitting the coin and leaving what might be described as a hit, ding, gouge, or even reed marks (which is when the reeds of one coin strike the surface of another coin and leave behind an impression of the reeds.</p><p><br /></p><p>Hairlines are just what they sound like, very fine lines on the surface of the coin. And when I say very fine, I mean very fine, they are often so fine (as in small) quite difficult to see with the naked eye. And even with a loupe they can sometimes only be seen when the coin is held just right (at a particular angle) under a light.</p><p><br /></p><p>Scratches are also just what they sound like. Just as your fingernails will leave a scratch on your skin other objects will leave a scratch on a coin. On that O coin above you can see scratches in front of the mouth, a the back edge of the cheek under the ear, in front of the crease between the chin and neck, just to point a few.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bagmarks on the other hand are found on the cheek, near the tip of the neck, on the nose, in the fields on front of the face, etc etc.</p><p><br /></p><p>Hairlines - ehhhhh, don&#039;t really see any on that coin. But as I said, you might not unless the coin were held just right under a light.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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