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<p>[QUOTE="lkeigwin, post: 1187658, member: 30400"]Here's another interesting example. The below large cent has a few prominent scratches.</p><p><br /></p><p>Large cents were pure copper, a soft metal, and were heavy and large (almost half dollar size!). They also were made from marginal quality copper during the early years using crude presses. (There's some fun history to this you can read about.) Many have pitting and porosity, corrosion, bumps and bruises, along with the more acceptable die cracks, cuds, etc.</p><p><br /></p><p>The scratch nearest the top, from above star 8 across the top of Liberty's head, is not post-mint damage. You can tell this from its thick, jagged shape. It is from a poor planchet.</p><p><br /></p><p>But the scratches across Liberty's face, under her chin to below her ear, through B in LIBERTY, as well as those fainter ones (near star 2 and left of the date, e.g.) are from circulation.</p><p><br /></p><p>So the TPG forgave these scratches, as well as the porous surface, and graded it cleanly, VG10. It got a pass because of the typical quality planchet back then, the soft metal and heavy weight, its circulation, and the unintentional post mint damage.</p><p><br /></p><p>Damage like this was less and less forgiven in later years. But don't be surprised by "genuine" holders for many of these early Mint coins. The TPG's do draw a line, and if the corrosion or damage is severe enough the will "bag" it.</p><p>Lance.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg37/lkeigwin/dumb%20stuff/476237ed.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lkeigwin, post: 1187658, member: 30400"]Here's another interesting example. The below large cent has a few prominent scratches. Large cents were pure copper, a soft metal, and were heavy and large (almost half dollar size!). They also were made from marginal quality copper during the early years using crude presses. (There's some fun history to this you can read about.) Many have pitting and porosity, corrosion, bumps and bruises, along with the more acceptable die cracks, cuds, etc. The scratch nearest the top, from above star 8 across the top of Liberty's head, is not post-mint damage. You can tell this from its thick, jagged shape. It is from a poor planchet. But the scratches across Liberty's face, under her chin to below her ear, through B in LIBERTY, as well as those fainter ones (near star 2 and left of the date, e.g.) are from circulation. So the TPG forgave these scratches, as well as the porous surface, and graded it cleanly, VG10. It got a pass because of the typical quality planchet back then, the soft metal and heavy weight, its circulation, and the unintentional post mint damage. Damage like this was less and less forgiven in later years. But don't be surprised by "genuine" holders for many of these early Mint coins. The TPG's do draw a line, and if the corrosion or damage is severe enough the will "bag" it. Lance. [IMG]http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg37/lkeigwin/dumb%20stuff/476237ed.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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