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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SuperDave, post: 2827704, member: 1892&quot;]The best example of wear vs. strike, for me, is the flowers (buds?) adjacent to the lower leaves, at 5:00 and 7:00. Those aren&#039;t high points on the strike, yet their detail is lacking, especially when compared to the interiors of the adjacent leaves (which wouldn&#039;t be subject to early wear). That said, from just these images I probably wouldn&#039;t argue an adjudication of &quot;Uncirculated.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>As regards color, I&#039;ve no background visible with which to evaluate the accuracy of the color correction in the images. Therefore, I&#039;m forced to consider it accurate, and some of my points hold either way, anyways.</p><p><br /></p><p>First, the combination of those two distinct hues - reddish and yellow-orange - seems unnatural on the same coin, in that pattern. Then we factor the splotches of darker brown, obviously not patina, especially since they seem confined mostly to the yellow-orange areas. It adds up, to me, to be most likely a coin recovering from a cleaning.</p><p><br /></p><p>But above all, don&#039;t forget my tendency to overthink things. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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