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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;iPen, post: 2817218, member: 69760&quot;]I noticed this mark on one of my 1893 Columbian halves. It has a dagger shape and at first it looked like a scratch, but it&#039;s as if the scratch was made and filled in. That may be consistent with how there&#039;s no gouged out area visible, and how there&#039;s a scratch on the &quot;O&quot; itself. This theory sounds very specific and relatively complex, but that would be my preliminary guess.</p><p><br /></p><p>Or, is it a die crack or die scratch? Maybe the die was scratched and filled in, then used to strike this coin (?). I&#039;m trying to think of how it came to be. Both sides of the coin have a strong cartwheel luster.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks in advance!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]660596[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]660597[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]660598[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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