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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 4156352, member: 19463&quot;]panzerman said: <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/goto/post?id=4153233#post-4153233" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/goto/post?id=4153233#post-4153233">↑</a></p><p>Someone in PO/ customs must have intentionally damaged the coin, there is no way that was accidental.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I take the middle road on this.&nbsp; &#039;Accident&#039; is not the word police use when a reckless driver kills someone.&nbsp; Issues known to be fragile, thin coins, cracked coins need&nbsp; to be packed differently from low grade sestertii.&nbsp; One of my recent tiny AR purchases was thin and cracked but came in a hard shell dime size plastic holder with a bit of plastic inside to keep it from rattling around.&nbsp; People worry about authenticity of underweight silver but they should be equally afraid that the interior of the coin is a spongy and fragile mess just waiting for a good drop to explode.&nbsp; I once bought a Byzantine bronze with razor sharp edges that &#039;sawed&#039; its way out of the flip but was still in the cardboard mailer.&nbsp; That dealer might need to study how chainsaws are packaged (not in a plastic bag).&nbsp; Yes. It happens but when need to use some common sense in handling and packaging lest we be charged with &#039;involuntary coinicide&#039;.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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