Rim Nicks and Rattlers?

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• PerryHall Posts: 46,838 ✭✭✭✭✭

  May 27, 2009 10:09PM

  
  
  << <i>Since the rim, edge and reeding are fairly visible in a rattler slab, was PCGS slabbing coins with rim nicks then? >>
  
  
  
  Yes. A rim nick is just a bag mark on a non-prime focal area of the coin and are considered in the determination of the grade.

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• GoldenEyeNumismatics Posts: 13,187 ✭✭✭

  May 28, 2009 5:30AM

  There's a big difference between a rim nick and rim ding. Rim nicks are generally certified. Rim dings are not.

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• golfer72 Posts: 3,588

  May 28, 2009 8:28AM

  "There's a big difference between a rim nick and rim ding. Rim nicks are generally certified. Rim dings are not." What is the difference?
  

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