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<p>[QUOTE="John Conduitt, post: 4634228, member: 109923"]I agree with Doug that it depends on too many things to be able to quantify. I bought this Aethelred II penny <i>because </i>it had peck marks:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1145884[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I also bought this George III dollar <i>because </i>of the test cut:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1145890[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>In each case I like them more because of the 'damage'. Peck marks and test cuts were what people did to their coins at those times (when suspicion about forgeries was at a height). It adds to the history. I like the idea of a Viking stabbing the coin with a knife to check the purity.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, both were cheaper than they would have been without the marks (at least 30% for the dollar), and I might not have felt the same about a slash right across the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don't know much about Athenian owls, but so many have test marks there must be some tolerance to them. On the other hand, some have deep cuts right through Athena or the owl, which seems to reduce the value significantly (easily half of unblemished coins).</p><p><br /></p><p>Having said that, it seems the alignment of Athena can add or subtract hundreds of dollars a few millimetres either way, so working out how much is down to the cut or another factor must be very tricky.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="John Conduitt, post: 4634228, member: 109923"]I agree with Doug that it depends on too many things to be able to quantify. I bought this Aethelred II penny [I]because [/I]it had peck marks: [ATTACH=full]1145884[/ATTACH] I also bought this George III dollar [I]because [/I]of the test cut: [ATTACH=full]1145890[/ATTACH] In each case I like them more because of the 'damage'. Peck marks and test cuts were what people did to their coins at those times (when suspicion about forgeries was at a height). It adds to the history. I like the idea of a Viking stabbing the coin with a knife to check the purity. However, both were cheaper than they would have been without the marks (at least 30% for the dollar), and I might not have felt the same about a slash right across the coin. I don't know much about Athenian owls, but so many have test marks there must be some tolerance to them. On the other hand, some have deep cuts right through Athena or the owl, which seems to reduce the value significantly (easily half of unblemished coins). Having said that, it seems the alignment of Athena can add or subtract hundreds of dollars a few millimetres either way, so working out how much is down to the cut or another factor must be very tricky.[/QUOTE]
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