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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Leadfoot, post: 673947, member: 2972&quot;]Back to the topic at hand, and here&#039;s a tip a wise man once told me that I find VERY useful in trying to judge rub from weak strike -- look at the rims.&nbsp; On gem+ coins, the rims are almost always nearly perfect (maybe a small mark or two), as a coin becomes AU through circulation the rims show it in little ticks and taps.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Take a look at a lot of mint state coins and compare them to AU coins and just look at the rims -- from virtually any post 1850 coin -- and you can tell if a coin is weakly struck or has wear (particularly wear that could have caused the amount of lost detail as on the obverse of the Walker) by looking very carefully at the rims/edge.&nbsp;&nbsp; This is often overlooked -- particularly now when lots of coins are in slabs. </p><p><br /></p><p>That tip has paid off more than a few times when trying to guess grades, and I suspect looking at the rims of the original pics is why I didn&#039;t guess AU on a series that I don&#039;t pay particular attention to like the Walkers.</p><p><br /></p><p>Either that, or I&#039;m just lucky.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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