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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2436070, member: 24314&quot;]SuperDave says: Yes, y&#039;all are both (rzage also, who apparently doesn&#039;t listen when I make posts like this one, which are quite regular) quite possibly right....and that&#039;s when you go back to my original comment about drawing too complete a conclusion from questionable images. <span style="color: #b30000">IMHO <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />, there is absolutely NOTHING QUESTIONABLE in the image of this Bust half.&nbsp; It is a coin with friction wear on the high points, an AU as most posters agree.</span>I&#039;m very much bothered by what look like very abrupt transitions from Mint State luster to complete lack of shine in places <span style="color: #b30000">I&#039;m not bothered at all as the &quot;lack of shine&quot; from the DULL GRAY PATCHES on the coin&#039;s high points is &quot;friction wear&quot; caused by who knows what that makes the coin a &quot;Technical Graded&quot; AU</span>, and far from confident that what I&#039;m seeing is an accurate representation of the in-hand coin.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>If it&#039;s wear<span style="color: #b30000"> it absolutely is.</span>, does that mean it circulated <b>after</b> it toned? <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> <span style="color: #b30000">Here is a clue.&nbsp; Whenever a coin that is toned becomes subject to friction from whatever the cause - the toning is disturbed! Sometimes it is completely removed (the case here).&nbsp; With the passage of time it may tone again BUT the area of original toning and the area that was rubbed and retoned USUALLY look different. </span>And if it did, why isn&#039;t any of the patina - which ought to wear off within seconds of handling <span style="color: #b30000">this is too crazy to even comment on. </span>- worn off anywhere else? <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> <span style="color: #b30000">Here is another clue. The high points show wear (as on this coin) before anywhere else.</span>And why isn&#039;t it also worn off of the usual-suspect parts <span style="color: #b30000">? </span>of the obverse? <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie12" alt="o_O" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie5" alt=":confused:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>If urging caution about being too positive based on one set of suspect images is &quot;my way or the highway,&quot; it probably <b>should</b> be my way or the highway. But you guys just go ahead and be as sure as you want. It&#039;s your money. <span style="color: #b30000">...and money spent on a well grounded numismatic education is well spent. </span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="color: #b30000">IMO: </span>This post is making a nursery school concept Wear vs Weak Strike that can be taught/demonstrated in a matter of minutes into some sort of college level philosophical babbling that I&#039;m too ignorant to figure out. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; I hope my comments here don&#039;t add to the confusion.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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