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Pillar of the Community
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The area in question is the line coming from the top of the Indians head. It continues into LIBERTY. There is no metal being pushed upwards from the incuse area, and the incuse area goes under the letters. I rule out damage. The incuse scratch goes under the letters so I am unsure if it is struck through wire or a damaged planchet before strike?   |
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Rest in Peace
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I blew that photo up pretty large, and the line is under the strike. My vote would be for planchet damage prior to strike.
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Pillar of the Community
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I have too agree with that. I suppose it is considered damage and carries no premium?
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Bedrock of the Community
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More like a penalty than a premium, I'm afraid.
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Pillar of the Community
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I figured as much. Thanks.
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Bedrock of the Community
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I am not convinced that it is not a scratch. Remember that all of the devices on the $2.5 and $5 Indians are incuse. A scratch would almost certainly skip right across the incuse devices and not leave a mark on them so it makes perfect sense that the scratch would go "under" the T.
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Pillar of the Community
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There is no raised/ displaced metal though.
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Pillar of the Community
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I thought exactly what bio said a few hours ago so I second his motion!
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Pillar of the Community
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Let me go take a closer look at the coin.
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Rest in Peace
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Biokimist6 - you make an excellent point. I've blown that area up huge and if it were a scratch it appears that it would go for inside to outside for direction, based on the width becoming larger as it nears the edge. That's just a guess, but it makes since, I think. That line would certainly "catch" on the edge of the right side of the upright of T, but it doesn't. Also, looking closely, you can see a bit of the "scratch" across the top of the right side of the T, near the upright.
Without having the coin in hand I just don't think that picture tells us the whole story. The good news is that it doesn't make a great deal of difference, value wise, for it to be on the planchet or just a scratch, I don't believe.
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Only the outside of the devices are incuse. There is a raised area in the devices. The scratch is deeper than the raised portion. In addition, the part of the t that looks like it was effected, is not in the direction of the scratch. But because it does not make a big difference, I guess it does not matter.
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