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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2635857, member: 24314&quot;]Scratches occur in degrees of severity.&nbsp; <span style="color: #b30000">BTW, the scratches on the dino&#039;s belly are too large to be called hairlines.</span>&nbsp; Your coin has been slightly mishandled somewhere along the way.&nbsp; Generally, hairlines are extremely thin and hard to see unless they occur in a patch or result from improper cleaning or mishandling.</p><p><br /></p><p>Scratches into a coin can happen in only several ways:</p><p><br /></p><p>1. They can be on the original planchet and not struck out. Usually, this type is more severe than hairlines; yet they can get close to microscopic.</p><p><br /></p><p>2. Scratches in the hub used to make a die can transfer as recessed lines on the coin.&nbsp; If tiny enough they can resemble hairlines.</p><p><br /></p><p>3. Scratches or hairlines into the coin after it was struck.&nbsp; That&#039;s what is on your piece.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, note the discoloration when the coin is tipped in the last image. This is either stains or more likely small patches of friction from the mishandling.&nbsp; Hopefully they are just scrapes into the plastic capsule.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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