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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;900fine, post: 733797, member: 6036&quot;]...all of which gets us back to the definition phase. Exactly what is a scratch, anyway ?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>To me, the marks on that coin are not scratches. They&#039;re nicks and gouges. Bag marks. They are deeper, wider, and shorter than scratches. To me, they are less problematic. But that&#039;s just me.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>A scratch is more serious. They tend to be longer, thinner, shallower and straighter. And more bothersome.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>To me, bag marks are more &quot;natural&quot;. It&#039;s just part of the game, being shipped around the country in railroad cars, banging around in a bag. Almost all gold coins have some bagginess.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>A scratch, however, looks more like a singular trauma. Most coins don&#039;t have scratches. Scratches have a different origin, kinda like mentioned earlier. Somebody slipped with a screwdriver or an awl.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Bag marks reduce the value of the coin. Scratches disqualify the coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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