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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 934073, member: 112&quot;]Start with the obverse - </p><p><br /></p><p>Wear is most easily seen by looking for a break in the luster. On this coin it shows up in many places, but one of the easielst places to see it is the hair over the ear. See how that hair is a darker grey color than the cheel directly left of it. Well that&#039;s because the cheek in that spot still has luster - the hair does not. Wear will show up as a darker grey color.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now move straight up the hair line from the ear. See the shiny patch in the hair directly behind the eye - that&#039;s luster. Then immeadiately above that the hair turns darker grey again - that&#039;s more wear.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now you have to also learn to distinguish wear from toning. Toning can make the coin look like it has a darker grey color too. But, it has a different look than wear does. And you can see the luster still remaining underneath toning if you tilt the coin, where you can&#039;t see it with wear.</p><p><br /></p><p>That should give an idea of how to start. But there is much, much more to learn.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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