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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 1540336, member: 112&quot;]You can learn to tell the difference with a little effort. Color and texture are the keys. On a coin that has wear, even light wear, the areas with the wear will be a different color, a darker color, than the surrounding areas that do not have wear. And the texture of the area that has wear will be smooth.</p><p><br /></p><p>On a coin is weakly struck, the area that did not strike up completely will also be a different color than the surrounding areas, but only slightly different/darker, and it will not be as dark as an area that had wear. And the texture of the weakly struck area will rough, uneven, (not rough like sandpaper, rough as in bumpy) instead of smooth like wear is.</p><p><br /></p><p>Learn to recognize those two things and you&#039;ll never have a problem again <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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