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<p>[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 3890452, member: 10461"]I find I don't mind flan cracks all that much, in the relative scheme of things. Mind you, the example you shared there might be a <i>tad</i> egregious for me to consider it for my own collection, but on the other hand, it IS interesting, and at risk of using a cliché, that coin certsinly has lots of "character".</p><p><br /></p><p>Better a "defect" like that than some big scratch, or gouge, or breakage, or surface damage, which happened <i>after</i> it left the mint. After all, that crack just evokes the very creation of the coin, right?</p><p><br /></p><p>And I think I see your point. It's not really so "defective" at all, in this case.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 3890452, member: 10461"]I find I don't mind flan cracks all that much, in the relative scheme of things. Mind you, the example you shared there might be a [I]tad[/I] egregious for me to consider it for my own collection, but on the other hand, it IS interesting, and at risk of using a cliché, that coin certsinly has lots of "character". Better a "defect" like that than some big scratch, or gouge, or breakage, or surface damage, which happened [I]after[/I] it left the mint. After all, that crack just evokes the very creation of the coin, right? And I think I see your point. It's not really so "defective" at all, in this case.[/QUOTE]
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