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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 1841761, member: 112&quot;]It is a bit unusual for me to &quot;take the other side&quot; if you will, but I think what some of you are seeing that you are calling rub/light wear is actually the result of a weak strike.</p><p><br /></p><p>Light wear always leaves behind a smooth surface.</p><p><br /></p><p>Whereas a weakly struck area will show something that looks similar but yet has a texture to it, a roughness or bumpiness if you will. That is because the metal that is being forced up to fill the die stops short of actually filling the die. And that leaves behind the textured surface because the metal is flowing at different rates kind of almost bubbling upwards and not moving/flowing upwards in straight flat plane.</p><p><br /></p><p>And if you look closely at the shoulder and flank of the buffalo you can see that textured/rough surface - not a smooth flat one. Same thing you see at the mid portion of the braid, just above the tie, on the obverse. That is a weak area as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>That is my opinion, guess we&#039;ll see what the TPG&#039;s opinion is in time.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for the color, obviously I have no problem with it. They have graded hundreds, thousands just like it. But, they are fickle when it comes to color so who knows what they&#039;ll say.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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