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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 3096425, member: 24314&quot;]You have the coin so just consider me <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie30" alt=":bucktooth:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie98" alt=":wacky:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie5" alt=":confused:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> a moron! Here&#039;s the deal.</p><p><br /></p><p>Look at the frosty cheek.&nbsp; Now, look at the shiny spots where the frost is</p><p>broken, all that is natural.&nbsp; Now, a simple definition of a scratch is <span style="color: #0000b3">a </span><span style="color: #b30059">thin line into the surface of various lengths and severity. </span> Your coin has one of these across the cheek.&nbsp;&nbsp; It is a thin line, of moderate length (not too deep) into the coin&#039;s surface at a greater depth than the shiny scuffs.&nbsp; It can only be two things.&nbsp; A mark on the planchet that was not struck out OR a scratch.</p><p><br /></p><p>Without seeing the coin in hand some observations:</p><p><br /></p><p>1.&nbsp; Marks on the planchets are not usually curved as yours seems to be - so SCRATCH.</p><p>2.&nbsp; A scratch on an original, &quot;white&quot; coin should be shiny so NOT A SCRATCH, but a planchet flaw.</p><p><br /></p><p>In any case, whatever it is should keep the coin out of the MS-64 grade.&nbsp; That&#039;s my opinion.&nbsp; And to the other member...the coin&#039;s reverse will have no bearing on how this coin grades at a TPGS.&nbsp; That&#039;s just my opinion.</p><p><br /></p><p>EDIT: Now I just saw the big picture again. <b><span style="color: #ff0000"> It is a planchet flaw for sure.&nbsp; </span></b></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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