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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rhoggman, post: 421354, member: 13987&quot;]Wear &amp; die states are a very fine line in this series. I think in many cases what looks to be wear is really the flattening of the die over time. In order to distinguish between the two one needs to take the whole coin into account, including the die variety, and the the die state.</p><p><br /></p><p>Certain years in various die states were made with flat spots on the cheek, in the hair, et cetera. These die states can be seen progressively in certain die varieties. Considering the how nice this coin looks I would have to assume, without doing research, that this coin is in fact a MS coin that was produced by a die that had been in use for a little while, but not necessarily at the end of it&#039;s life.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m sure there are thousands of examples of extremely well struck CBHs that exhibit more details than this particular coin; however, with this series, exempting a coin for a weak strike is just not something that the TPG&#039;s should do.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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