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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1880626, member: 19463&quot;]Quoting from my website page on these coins while discussing my favorite one:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]318994[/ATTACH]</p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/impossible.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/impossible.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/impossible.html</a></p><p>&quot;Coin three would be a rather nice specimen but it shows many scratches (-5) remaining <u><b><span style="color: #ff0000">from the flan being filed before striking.</span></b></u> These marks are common on these coins and were part of the minting process so some collectors claim they are not faults. The fact remains that a coin with so many of these non-faults still sells for less than a coin that was struck hard enough to erase the &#039;problem&#039;.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>There are many ancients known for being struck on file flattened flans.&nbsp; Collectors who don&#039;t like them don&#039;t often find a coin for their collections.&nbsp; US 1794-5 silver dollars fit in this category.</p><p><a href="http://stacksbowers.blogspot.com/2013_01_01_archive.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://stacksbowers.blogspot.com/2013_01_01_archive.html" rel="nofollow">http://stacksbowers.blogspot.com/2013_01_01_archive.html</a></p><p>1/3 of the way down the page</p><p>The above coin graded PCGS 66 has pre striking scratches at the bottom of the reverse, across the face and at the right edge in front of the face.&nbsp; It sold a year ago for $10,016,875 so at least two bidders were able to accept the scratches.&nbsp; I did not bid but if someone were to give me the coin, I, too, could overlook the scratches. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie12" alt="o_O" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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