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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1949925, member: 19463&quot;]I certainly agree the marks were on the flan before striking and that was the standard technique of issues I know.&nbsp; The problem, as usual, is that GDJMSP&#039;s experience and mine are separated by a thousand years.&nbsp; I could never accept a statement like his on files being perfectly regular.&nbsp; Ancient flan smoothing and adjustment devices were hand made and not at all regular.&nbsp; I have no knowledge of where or how the device that made these scratches was made and whether it was hand cut or machine made.&nbsp; All this is lost on me since I have no idea what TGP gurus mean by GB and DA.&nbsp; Do these cover pre-striking adjustment that makes it possible to call the coin undamaged?&nbsp; The online link mentions reverse adjustment but I guess we don&#039;t get that on the label?</p><p><br /></p><p>My favorite adjusted coin is about 1767 years older but also done before striking and well before machines made files.&nbsp;&nbsp; [ATTACH=full]341537[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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