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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 5245860, member: 112&quot;]Tell me, other than the shape of the end of the metal punch, how is it different ? Chopmarks are put on coins with a metal punch and a hammer - and a chisel is nothing but a metal punch with a sharp edge. You could use a straight edge screw driver, a phillips screwdriver, or any metal object, and it&#039;s all the same thing. A piece of metal being hit with a hammer to leave a mark on the coin. And by definition that is damage.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now I have no problem with you or anybody else liking chopmarked coins because of the historical aspect, the cool factor of it, or anything else. But to claim it isn&#039;t damage, that&#039;s just not wanting to admit what it is because of the derogatory nature of the word damage. As the saying goes, a rose is still a rose by any other name.</p><p><br /></p><p>And before somebody brings up the countermark argument as a means disputing that chopmarks are damage, legitimate countermarks are only made by govt entities wishing to mark the coins as being acceptable in commerce. That&#039;s why countermarks are not considered damage, and why they are a legitimate exception. And any way ya wanna look at it, Chinese merchants are not govt. entities.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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