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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 5245860, member: 112"]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'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't damage, that'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'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>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 5245860, member: 112"]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'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. 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't damage, that'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. 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'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]
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