Bag mark vs scratch 1 1

[ShaneG]

I am having a hard time telling if this is a bag mark or a scratch. My pictures aren't the greatest but if there is some technique to differentiating the two, I would appreciate the insight. It is by the I in EIRE. 

 

Thank you

[Greenstang]

I would say that was damage. A bag mark is not that big as only a portion of the rounded edge of another coin would strike the affected coin.

[VKurtB]

Put me in the scratch  camp. A shame. Nice strike.

[Coinbuf]

Hard to discern the depth of the marks from the photos the one above the instrument looks more like a scrape.  Sometimes with large heavy coins like Morgan dollars you will see scrapes like this from a coin that contacted and slid along the surface of the coin.  But down by the date looks more like damage/scratch.

[James_OldeTowne]

A surface graze like that could derive from innumerable possible causes, including being stored in a (mint) bag, or just sliding oddly across another object.  It appears gradeable to me (if that's the point of the question).

[RWB]

A "bag mark" can be a "scratch." It's only a matter of detail - both are damage. And -- it didn't hit the strings so no noise was made.

[ShaneG]

Thanks everyone. I didn’t want to send it in just to end up with a details grade. 

[Henri Charriere]

6 hours ago, RWB said:

A "bag mark" can be a "scratch." It's only a matter of detail - both are damage. And -- it didn't hit the strings so no noise was made.

And the intact accent aigu over the lower-case e and well-defined dentil work -- and superb overall condition contribute to the desirability of your coin.