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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lehigh96, post: 733294, member: 15309&quot;]I don&#039;t think that the areas in question are consistent with counting wheel damage.&nbsp; However, I know very little about the subject and have never even seen it other than on error strike coins which are easily damaged by the counting wheel.&nbsp; From my recollection, counting wheel damage appears as a circular damage inside the rim.&nbsp; Here is a photo of what I am talking about.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o59/ACPitBoss/Mercury%20Dimes/countingwheeldamage.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I have also seen strange indentations on coins that have been attributed to counting wheel marks.&nbsp; What I have not seen is striations caused by a counting wheel.&nbsp; After examining the coin with a 10X loupe I can definitively say the the right field is die polish.&nbsp; The striations across the cap and neck are very symmetrical and can&#039;t be cause by a wipe of a cloth.&nbsp; I guess it could be possible that such light damage could be caused by something mechanical but I still don&#039;t buy it.&nbsp; I did find a coin in Heritage&#039;s site that has similar characteristics to my coin.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://coins.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=422&amp;Lot_No=2751#photo" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://coins.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=422&amp;Lot_No=2751#photo" rel="nofollow">http://coins.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=422&amp;Lot_No=2751#photo</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Regardless, I doubt that whatever it is will keep it from grading.&nbsp; It might knock it down a few grades, essentially net grading the coin, but I don&#039;t think it will actually be net graded on the holder.</p><p><br /></p><p>And we are never going to find out unless a wager is made.&nbsp; I am not sending this coin which is not valuable enough to have graded, even in MS67 FB, just to prove a point.&nbsp; However, if one of the counting wheel guys promises to pay the submission (including S&amp;H) costs if the coin grades, then I will send it in.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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