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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2782624, member: 19463&quot;]That is a great scoop!&nbsp; it was so deep on the obverse that the metal was too thin to fill the reverse die so we see a shadow of it in the reverse design.&nbsp; The texture in the reverse indention shows that it is a shadow of the obverse scoop and not the rare example I am seeking where the same coin was scooped twice (once on each side).&nbsp; As a fan of scoopers, I place extra interest on the ones that show stutter marks where the tool was tapped repeatedly as it passed over the surface.&nbsp; Memmius below has three stutters and a large flat spot on the obverse backing it up.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]644155[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Aemelius Paulus has 8 (my personal best - I would love to see more).&nbsp; This coin had very little metal removed from a very shallow scoop.&nbsp; I suspect it was done when the batch weight was very close to the target and they took care not to remove too much. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]644156[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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