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Billet7Billet7 Posts: 4,923 ✭✭✭
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"Son-of-a....stupid staple! That was my nicest coin!"

I must say, a part of me died a little bit when I saw this BEAUTIFUL coin...with a big scratch!

I'm sure the buyer will be happy with it, the price was WAY below what the coin would be going for if not for the scratch (I hope Northeast doesn't mind my posting images.)

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  • RB1026RB1026 Posts: 1,496 ✭✭✭✭
    Still a gorgeous piece. Life is imperfect image

    Roger
  • BaleyBaley Posts: 22,663 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I'll wager that the toned over obv. scratch, and the little skitch under the right (facing) wing tip are contemporary test marks in an era of occasional counterfeits, and not staple or other collector mishandling

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  • GaCoinGuyGaCoinGuy Posts: 2,784 ✭✭✭✭
    The color and overall appearance of that coin would override that obviously old scratch. That would make a nice addition to my Dansco.
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  • DIMEMANDIMEMAN Posts: 22,403 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Anybody that would take a coin out of a 2X2 that way deserves what they get!!!!!
  • Billet7Billet7 Posts: 4,923 ✭✭✭
    Agreed. I use my fingernail and score the plastic, then push the coin through the window rather than risk scratching a coin.

    I hadn't thought that it may have been intentionally scratched to check for silver content...still, it's too bad!
  • BaleyBaley Posts: 22,663 ✭✭✭✭✭
    got this one for a song

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  • DorkGirlDorkGirl Posts: 9,994 ✭✭✭


    << <i>got this one for a song

    image >>



    What song? I want to learn it.image
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  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Scratches are just part of a coin growing old.... someone will love them...image Cheers, RickO
  • airplanenutairplanenut Posts: 22,404 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Agreed. I use my fingernail and score the plastic, then push the coin through the window rather than risk scratching a coin. >>

    I use a knife... works like a charm.
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  • WoodenJeffersonWoodenJefferson Posts: 6,491 ✭✭✭✭
    image
    A much more fanciful story is that this was the pocket piece of Bernard de Marigny,
    a New Orleans socialite who was dueling to the death in 1830. Carrying this bust half
    subsequently spared him the tip of the opponents rapier.
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  • BBQnBLUESBBQnBLUES Posts: 1,803 ✭
    Well, It could've been worse...

    Think teeth marks on Gold $20's to test content.
  • JRoccoJRocco Posts: 14,277 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Me likey
    Even with the scratch
    Some coins are just plain "Interesting"
  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,895 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I like WoodenJefferson's take on it. image

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  • MonstavetMonstavet Posts: 1,235 ✭✭
    Trees and Forest. If you focus on that scratch, you miss a beautiful coin. A nice looking piece, the scratch does not seem distracting.
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  • MonstarcoinsMonstarcoins Posts: 778
    appears too thick of a scratch to be a staple but it was certainly done by accident
  • timcointimcoin Posts: 674 ✭
    It looks like an "old" scratch. For some reason or another, those don't bother me as much.

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