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<p>[QUOTE="Razz, post: 8046666, member: 100526"]You mis interpreted my comment. A scratch is added to the original piece after manufacture. Doesn't matter if still in the mint building or 50 year later in someone's pocket by a key ring on a worn coin. A scratch is something added to the coin at some point after it left the minting chamber.</p><p><br /></p><p>Edit: none of which is relevant to the actual definition of a scratch except as it related to the design or manufacture of the original piece. The original piece does not have scratches. It is an engraving that is transferred to a planchet to make a coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Razz, post: 8046666, member: 100526"]You mis interpreted my comment. A scratch is added to the original piece after manufacture. Doesn't matter if still in the mint building or 50 year later in someone's pocket by a key ring on a worn coin. A scratch is something added to the coin at some point after it left the minting chamber. Edit: none of which is relevant to the actual definition of a scratch except as it related to the design or manufacture of the original piece. The original piece does not have scratches. It is an engraving that is transferred to a planchet to make a coin.[/QUOTE]
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