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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 1895809, member: 112&quot;]It is not unusual for a coin with raised lines on the devices or in the fields to be given a pass by the TPGs and graded. The reasoning being that if the lines are raised then they must have been on the die because of the reverse effect of die/coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, what is &quot;conveniently forgotten&quot; is that any scratch that occurs on a coin not only produces an incuse line on the coin, it also produces a raised line (or even two of them, one on each side) right beside the raised line on the coin. </p><p><br /></p><p>Of course there also things like adjustment marks that can produce a similar look on coins. And adjustment marks sometimes occurred on planchets before they were struck, <u>and </u>on coins after they were struck. So that is another reason that coins be given a pass and graded.</p><p><br /></p><p>Telling the difference between these three things and correctly identifying the marks can be and often is extremely difficult. And it is not uncommon for one to be mistaken for the other.</p><p><br /></p><p>Once you understand all of that it suddenly becomes crystal clear that there are many coins graded and slabbed by the TPGs that do indeed have post mint damage.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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