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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 2305877, member: 112&quot;]While I will agree that is what a lot of people do, they only do it because they don&#039;t know how to tell the difference between a weak strike and wear. If you do know how you can look at those areas and tell if it is wear or a weak strike. So those areas should not be ignored at all, but closely examined. Even areas that are weakly struck can show wear.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This is the key concept. First and foremost there is no luster in a weakly struck area, nor an area with wear. But there is a difference in color between the two. An area with wear will be a darker shade than an area that is weakly struck. But learning how to correctly identify minor color differences requires a good deal of experience. The final diagnostic to tell wear from weak strike is the surface itself. An area that is weakly struck will have a texture to it. It will be rough and uneven. While an area with wear with be smooth and flat. </p><p><br /></p><p>And make no mistake, even if a coin is weakly struck, like the hair over the ear on a Morgan sometimes is, because it is a high point that area can still experience wear, and often does. So if you examine that hair curl closely you will often see the texture I spoke of around the outer portion of that hair curl, and smooth, flat spot in the middle. When you see that smooth, flat spot, that is wear. And that flat spot will be a slightly darker shade than the area immediately surrounding it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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