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<p>[QUOTE="chrsmat71, post: 2486537, member: 42634"]<a href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/roman%20coins/102_6596_zpsgexnkrik.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/roman%20coins/102_6596_zpsgexnkrik.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg513/chrsmat71/roman%20coins/102_6596_zpsgexnkrik.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>the edges of this coin are also pretty flat (i thought that was weird at first on the OP coin, but if it was mounted in something..ok) and it appears to have VERY subtle markings on the edge....i'll be darned. i tried to get a pic, but it just didn't come out...very hard to see. i had to use my glasses and a magnifier to see it.</p><p><br /></p><p>NOTE: the edges are flatter than they appear in this pic, i was just learning to "paint" backgrounds and didn't sue a soft enough brush.</p><p><br /></p><p>so how can you tell between OK filing marks and NOT OK filing marks???</p><p><br /></p><p>on my coin, the marks are very hard to see...i assume you would have to grind hard to remove a seam. so...old marks...i guess.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="chrsmat71, post: 2486537, member: 42634"][URL='http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/roman%20coins/102_6596_zpsgexnkrik.jpg.html'][IMG]http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg513/chrsmat71/roman%20coins/102_6596_zpsgexnkrik.jpg[/IMG][/URL] the edges of this coin are also pretty flat (i thought that was weird at first on the OP coin, but if it was mounted in something..ok) and it appears to have VERY subtle markings on the edge....i'll be darned. i tried to get a pic, but it just didn't come out...very hard to see. i had to use my glasses and a magnifier to see it. NOTE: the edges are flatter than they appear in this pic, i was just learning to "paint" backgrounds and didn't sue a soft enough brush. so how can you tell between OK filing marks and NOT OK filing marks??? on my coin, the marks are very hard to see...i assume you would have to grind hard to remove a seam. so...old marks...i guess.[/QUOTE]
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