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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 953471, member: 112&quot;]Mike - coins do not have to circulate to have wear on them. And yes, I know that a certain amount of cabinet friction, roll friction, bag friction, flip frcition, and nowadays they even allow album friction for God&#039;s sakes, is permissible for a coin to still get the MS grade.</p><p><br /></p><p>But there is a limit, and this friction (which <b>IS</b> light wear and it can be called nothing else) is only permitted on the high spots.</p><p><br /></p><p>And you guys, meaning those who are saying those marks are original planchet surface, and the TPG&#039;s (who are using the same excuse) - have less proof, and less indication, than I do when I say they are due to wear. </p><p><br /></p><p>Original planchet surfaces on a coin are the result of the coin not being fully struck so that those planchet are not wiped out by metal flow. I know this and I know what they look like. But the majority of the time you will not find original planchet surfaces remaining on a coin at the lower parts of the design. You typically only find them on the high points. And the areas on that coin where I say I see wear - are not the high points.</p><p><br /></p><p>And original planchet surface does not have to look of graduation either. Meaning it is heavier here and lighter there - exactly as wear occurs.</p><p><br /></p><p>So to be honest with you, the odds are in my favor that my opinion is correct, and the TPG was wrong.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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