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Message:: [QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 421540, member: 112"]And that is precisely the problem I have with it. Let's take this a bit further. According to the PCGS grading guide - " Perhaps the most difficult task when grading a coin is distinguishing wear from slightly incomplete striking. To cite just one example, experts constantly disagree over whether Capped Bust Half dollars have wear or are incomplete strikes. Indeed, there may be more arguments about this than any other aspect of grading." " The simple explanation is that wear "discolors" the surface of a coin, while an area with incomplete striking has the same color as the surrounding portion of the coin.  .............." " Thus, what appears to be wear is sometimes incomplete striking, bag/roll friction, album slide lines, cabinet friction, flip rub, slight mishandling, or actual wear from slight circulation. The grades involved are AU58 and higher. This element of grading is not just about the difference in AU58 and MS60, since there is slight wear or friction in grades up to MS67." Now while all of this is important, there is 1 sentence in those quotes worth particular note in my opinion. Care to guess which one ?[/QUOTE]