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Message:: [QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 7547997, member: 112"]Gonna have to disagree. It's post strike damage and this area right here proves it. [ATTACH=full]1302320[/ATTACH] See the thin strip immediately inside the rim at 3 o'clock that is the same color and texture as the rest of the field ? That tells us that when the coin was struck all of the field was that color and texture. And all of the field had the same easily visible flow lines running in the normal direction. But the lighter colored scratches are nearly perpendicular to the flow lines, which also tells us it occurred post strike. But it's that little strip that's the clincher for it could not be there that way unless the scratches occurred post strike. I have no idea what caused this damage, nor do I have any idea how it occurred without damaging the rim as well. But whatever it was that scratched the coin it's also obvious that it raised and lowered a bit with increasing and decreasing pressure as it occurred becoming wider as pressure increased and narrower as pressure decreased. And whatever the object was it was obviously beveled.[/QUOTE]