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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 21113793, member: 24314&quot;]<span style="color: #0000ff">BadThad, posted:&quot;Damn, that&#039;s a helluv an eye! Again, I&#039;m weak in the series but I couldn&#039;t find it. I know those typically flat in that area but picking out real from fake lines is another level. Thanks for the lesson!&quot;&nbsp; Have you even seen this done on smaller coins like Lincolns or dimes?&quot; </span>&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><i>No.&nbsp; The bands on dimes are usually added as a scratching motion.</i></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #0080ff">MIGuy, posted: &quot;But why?&nbsp; Why make such a minor alteration - damaging a coin - for no real visible benefit?&nbsp; What was the likely motivation?&quot;</span></p><p><br /></p><p><i>When I was collecting, I could buy an 1884-O $ with full blazing luster and virtually no visible marks graded no higher than MS-64 becaus it was flatly struck with no hairlines.&nbsp; Put a complete strike on a coin as that and you have today&#039;s 67+ to 68.&nbsp; That&#039;s why.&nbsp; They don&#039;t do this kind of alteration to comon coins.&nbsp; Making a better date $ go from 45 or 50 to 55 or 58 can be $$$$.&nbsp; That&#039;s why.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>Professionals tell collectors do not &quot;micro-grade.&quot;&nbsp; That&#039;s fine but when you have studied coins at high power under florescent light for a while, things jump out at you with your unaided eye - if you are looking for them.&nbsp; If you are not looking for them or don&#039;t know what to look for, you&#039;ll miss a lot of things.&nbsp; </i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>THAT&#039;s why I try to trick and mislead everyone.&nbsp; We live in a cruel world.&nbsp; You need to be able to see things for yourself rather than me telling you what you are looking at.&nbsp; Another thing.&nbsp; I work at a world far above the magnifications most use to grade and authenticate.&nbsp; When I post these small areas of a coin, you are in &quot;my world&quot; so don&#039;t be hard on yourselves and please don&#039;t feel I&#039;m out to make anyone here look dumb!&nbsp; I leave that to the jealous little people who troll my posts. </i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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