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<p>[QUOTE="johnny54321, post: 623862, member: 13342"]I agree that the coin is likely based off of an LD. I often mistakenly factor that into the description of "weak strike", though technically it is completely different. Good point 900fine.</p><p> </p><p>Here is a question for the "uneven wear" theory. How does this occur? How could some "high points" have XF/AU wear, while other similarly "high points" have VF-20 wear? This doesn't seem like a logical occurence to me. If you flip a coin a thousand times, it is eventually going to approach 50% heads, and 50% tails, with maybe a minor deviation. Though there is a chance that after a thousand flips, you will get 80% heads and 20% tails; it is extremely unlikely. The more times you flip the coin, the more unlikely you will have a large split due to the larger amount of data points. A coin with VF wear has seen significant circulation, representative of many data points. Though this isn't a perfect analogy as I'm sure some high points are more prone to wear than others, but aren't a coins wear patterns essentially similar from one coin to another?</p><p> </p><p>anyways, sorry i got off track a bit. Just thinking out loud...<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="johnny54321, post: 623862, member: 13342"]I agree that the coin is likely based off of an LD. I often mistakenly factor that into the description of "weak strike", though technically it is completely different. Good point 900fine. Here is a question for the "uneven wear" theory. How does this occur? How could some "high points" have XF/AU wear, while other similarly "high points" have VF-20 wear? This doesn't seem like a logical occurence to me. If you flip a coin a thousand times, it is eventually going to approach 50% heads, and 50% tails, with maybe a minor deviation. Though there is a chance that after a thousand flips, you will get 80% heads and 20% tails; it is extremely unlikely. The more times you flip the coin, the more unlikely you will have a large split due to the larger amount of data points. A coin with VF wear has seen significant circulation, representative of many data points. Though this isn't a perfect analogy as I'm sure some high points are more prone to wear than others, but aren't a coins wear patterns essentially similar from one coin to another? anyways, sorry i got off track a bit. Just thinking out loud...:D[/QUOTE]
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