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<p>[QUOTE="Insider, post: 4836805, member: 24314"]Before trying to ID the cause of anything you see on a coin <b>a person needs to be able to describe it in words that someone who cannot see the coin will understand and imagine what it looks like.</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>Great example so far: <span style="color: #b30000">Parallel marks</span>. What else? Are they wide/narrow, short/long, smooth/rough, jagged, raised, deep/shallow, colorful, etc. </p><p><br /></p><p>The experts <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie26" alt=":bookworm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie33" alt=":cigar:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> are behaving <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie66" alt=":muted:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> but I know they are dying <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie93" alt=":troll:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> to post the answer. Hurry up! What does anyone see?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Insider, post: 4836805, member: 24314"]Before trying to ID the cause of anything you see on a coin [B]a person needs to be able to describe it in words that someone who cannot see the coin will understand and imagine what it looks like. [/B] Great example so far: [COLOR=#b30000]Parallel marks[/COLOR]. What else? Are they wide/narrow, short/long, smooth/rough, jagged, raised, deep/shallow, colorful, etc. The experts :bookworm::cigar: are behaving :muted:;) but I know they are dying :troll: to post the answer. Hurry up! What does anyone see?[/QUOTE]
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