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I have never seen that before.

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I expected to see a shipwreck coin.
Someone there asleep at the switch.
"Dipping" is not considered cleaning...
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Lots of coins have surface damage.
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I thought I remembered seeing surface spelled out though, guess I was wrong.
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Lol from the title I though it literally meant "surf damage" like someone damaged it while surfing, oddly specific. Surface Damage makes more sense and is a better descriptor than the usual "Damage" tag.
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I thought maybe some kind of water damage.
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I pictured a coin that was a metal detector find on the beach.
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Isn't all damage surface damage?

Last night I saw a pcgs pattern coin labeled strk removed, for streak removed.
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