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LeeBoneLeeBone Posts: 4,840 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    AUandAGAUandAG Posts: 25,035 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Every coin I own has unfortunate scratches.....can't post them all Lee!!

    bob :)

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    emeraldATVemeraldATV Posts: 5,249 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Thunder Struck

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    CoinscratchCoinscratch Posts: 10,899 ✭✭✭✭✭

    This one is more of a coinscratch and I didn’t see it for a few seconds of euphoria.

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    CoinscratchCoinscratch Posts: 10,899 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @MFeld said:

    @Coinscratch said:
    This one would easily grade 67/+ without the one unfortunate hit.

    I had it graded anyway just to see and still it sold for a premium.


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    I think the (double-digit number of) marks on the reverse would have preluded a grade 67 or higher.

    You’re right, the hit on the obverse is so prominent and unfortunate I tend to forget about the reverse.

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    OAKSTAROAKSTAR Posts: 8,770 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @LeeBone - Where exactly on that 22-D is that scratch?

    Disclaimer: I'm not a dealer, trader, grader, investor or professional numismatist. I'm just a hobbyist. (To protect me but mostly you! 🤣 )

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    OAKSTAROAKSTAR Posts: 8,770 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Never mind. I think I see it.

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    LeeBoneLeeBone Posts: 4,840 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @OAKSTAR said:
    Never mind. I think I see it.

    Yup, that’s it. Not major, but it’s there. Pretty coin otherwise.

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    SanctionIISanctionII Posts: 12,983 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited June 1, 2024 11:52AM

    MS66; and without the scratches under George's jaw possibly an MS66+ or even an MS67.

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    Morgan13Morgan13 Posts: 2,477 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Qùik cell images.
    Staple scratch on the reverse.
    Such a nice coin.
    To me it's still a coin I like in my album.

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    robecrobec Posts: 7,027 ✭✭✭✭✭


    - Bob -

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    braddickbraddick Posts: 25,116 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Not mine, but I'd been watching it on eBay:

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    OAKSTAROAKSTAR Posts: 8,770 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Disclaimer: I'm not a dealer, trader, grader, investor or professional numismatist. I'm just a hobbyist. (To protect me but mostly you! 🤣 )

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    OAKSTAROAKSTAR Posts: 8,770 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @bsshog40 - Yes we do, for sure.

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    manlye1manlye1 Posts: 238 ✭✭✭
    edited June 1, 2024 5:10PM

    53-S with a unfortunate hit on the steps

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    jesbrokenjesbroken Posts: 11,208 ✭✭✭✭✭

    While not exactly a scratch, 10 or so years ago, I had this coin for it's nice strike.
    Jim


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    PeakRaritiesPeakRarities Posts: 4,852 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @braddick said:
    Not mine, but I'd been watching it on eBay:

    Brilliant uncirculated?

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    braddickbraddick Posts: 25,116 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @DeplorableDan said:

    @braddick said:

    Brilliant uncirculated?

    Yeah, it looks AU to me too.

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    alefzeroalefzero Posts: 1,185 ✭✭✭✭✭

    1797 BB-72 / B-2 PCGS XF Details $1
    Obverse has a weak asterisk scratch on Liberty's neck and the reverse has one in the lower left periphery. Still an excellent presentation,

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    BarberianBarberian Posts: 4,643 ✭✭✭✭✭

    This 1853-O has a scratch in the lower right field along the leg as well as some polishing on the obverse.

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    LeeBoneLeeBone Posts: 4,840 ✭✭✭✭✭

    86-O

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    BluegrapeBluegrape Posts: 2 ✭

    Always wish this one was never hacked up by whoever had it before me

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    VetterVetter Posts: 978 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Double struck with a scratch.

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    fastfreddiefastfreddie Posts: 2,955 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Straight grade AU53 but a small staple scratch I think. I doubt I will ever be able to upgrade this one though.


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    renomedphysrenomedphys Posts: 3,941 ✭✭✭✭✭


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    lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 45,032 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited June 3, 2024 7:54AM

    This is a late-medieval “sword” type demi-gros of Antoine the Good of the Duchy of Lorraine, struck between 1508 and 1544.

    It had some unfortunate hairlines on the sword side that I totally overlooked before sending the coin to PCGS.

    Note how they’re all but invisible in the pictures I had.

    They showed up in the TrueViews, though.

    Bummer. Turns out these were those subtle, sneaky kind of scratches that are only visible at certain angles to the light.

    PCGS gave it VF details/scratched.

    Oh well. The coin is a relatively common type, as 16th century coins go, and thus not terribly expensive. And I suppose a few hairlines on a 500-year-old coin aren’t the end of the world. It was a dealbreaker for my collection, though, as I only keep straight-graded coins.

    As I recall, I swapped it out to @illini420 in exchange for some photo editing assistance.

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    World67World67 Posts: 13,088 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Not mine.

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    duck620duck620 Posts: 1,087 ✭✭✭✭

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    World67World67 Posts: 13,088 ✭✭✭✭✭



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    duck620duck620 Posts: 1,087 ✭✭✭✭

    1926 Oregon Trail above has scratch on wagon canvas.

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    LeeBoneLeeBone Posts: 4,840 ✭✭✭✭✭

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    EddiEddi Posts: 611 ✭✭✭✭✭

    More than a scratch, unfortunately - somebody (or something) really massacred this 1806 Quarter Dollar.
    A real pity since this is also a very scarce variety, B-6, R-5. I have kept the coin as it is otherwise a nice example.

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