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Message:: [QUOTE="Insider, post: 4897095, member: 24314"]Razz, posted: "Struck through cloth Edit: it is from being in a bag of 1000 coins that was under numerous other bags in a vault and the pressure from the weight of the coins imprinted on the coin's surface, post mint damage." Nope.  But you are thinking and posting a guess making you one of the valuable members on CT.   Look guys, I was criticized for posting very difficult quizzes with tiny, bad images as I tried to make myself appear to be the smartest guy on the forum when no one got the answer.  So for spite, I posted a quiz and gave the answer - no thinking required and no fun. Here is what I'm trying to do.  Educate you about things you will see on coins if you look closely.  In this quiz, these are the kind of marks that many experienced folks argue about while using a hand lens; yet when seen at 20X there is no disagreement.    So you have a choice.  Do you want it spoon fed in the future or do you want to think it out?  Vote in the new poll when it is posted.     Kentucky, posted: "These marks aren't very apparent, but they (blue) do seem to be parallel and in a straight line but don't seem to be repeating.  The marks on the collar just appear to be from some kind of contact.  Two questions, if I may...1) if you were grading this coin, would you notice the marks [Absolutely, you cannot miss them]and 2) would you body bag it?" [Absolutely not!]. Do they affect the eye appeal?[/QUOTE]