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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 204233, member: 112&quot;]I understand your question about weak strike and the reasoning. But there is a way to tell weak strike from wear. On the obverse, look at the hair around the ear and the area I have circled. See how the earlobe and the hair directly above it is a different color than the central portion of the ear and the hair near the top of the red ine. That is because of wear. With minor wear the luster is worn off and that is what cause those areas to be a different color than the adjoining areas. The same is true with the bun, the cheek, the neck and the fields under the chin. The luster is worn off. The same applies to areas on the reverse I have circled.</p><p><br /></p><p>Yes it is true that the hair above the ear will often be flat if the coin is weakly struck. But with weakly struck coins that hair above the ear, while flat, will be the very same color as the rest of the hair and it will have luster. When it does not have luster and is flat and a different color, the cause is wear - not a weak strike. </p><p><br /></p><p>That&#039;s the reason for my opinion.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>edit - sorry, forgot to attach the pics[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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