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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;LostDutchman, post: 680085, member: 16994&quot;]My first thought when seeing this coin was &quot;what were they justifying these marks as??&quot; Sometimes when you see coins in holders with marks it&#039;s a judgment call on the graders part if it was made that way or not. I have seen early American coins with big gouges in holders only after further review find that they appear to be apparent strike throughs or planchet flaws. This is not out of the ordinary. </p><p><br /></p><p>This coin had me thinking. I couldn&#039;t come up with a way that this distortion or damage happened in the mint besides it getting run over with something but that could happen anywhere. Is their even a theory anyone here has as to how this would have happened at the mint? I just couldn&#039;t think of anything. </p><p><br /></p><p>This thread isn&#039;t meant to dog the grading companies. For the vast majority of the time PCGS and NGC get it exactly right. I know personally people who grade for both companies and like and respect these people and the work they do. No one is perfect and I just wanted to share what I feel is a rare example of something that shouldn&#039;t have happened.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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