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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Publius2, post: 5179440, member: 105571&quot;]I would say that any group of two or more scratches (or one scratch that is continuous and looks like a letter/number) that look like they are intended to be something other than random scratches would be considered &quot;graffiti&quot;.&nbsp; Maybe a corollary question would be:&nbsp; Suppose you have two unrelated scratches that together would not result in a details grade.&nbsp; Now suppose those exact same scratches are arranged to clearly make a letter.&nbsp; Would this coin now get a grade of Details-Graffiti? In other words, in normal grading practice, is there a different and less rigorous standard for scratches versus graffiti?</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is my 1740 8 Reale piece that is NGC-graded F Details-Graffiti.&nbsp;&nbsp; Graffiti located in the top field just below the UE.&nbsp; My guess is that if these scratches were unrelated to each other that this lowish-grade 280-year old coin would have straight-graded.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1212289[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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