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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 3328914, member: 112"]And that's the key word - flattening. When a coin experiences wear the metal is not worn away and removed from the coin, the metal is merely smashed down, flattened out. It starts with the luster ridges and it continues on into the advanced stages of wear. And this is confirmed because coins do not lose any weight to speak of until they are worn to the point of being Very Good or Good. Even some AG coins will still be within mint tolerance levels for weight.</p><p><br /></p><p>Take this coin for example -</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]881976[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]881977[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>- even worn to that point it was only 0.003 of a gram less than specified weight. In other words it was still well within mint tolerance level for a brand new coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>edit - you can also see that the coin had zero luster left on it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 3328914, member: 112"]And that's the key word - flattening. When a coin experiences wear the metal is not worn away and removed from the coin, the metal is merely smashed down, flattened out. It starts with the luster ridges and it continues on into the advanced stages of wear. And this is confirmed because coins do not lose any weight to speak of until they are worn to the point of being Very Good or Good. Even some AG coins will still be within mint tolerance levels for weight. Take this coin for example - [ATTACH=full]881976[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]881977[/ATTACH] - even worn to that point it was only 0.003 of a gram less than specified weight. In other words it was still well within mint tolerance level for a brand new coin. edit - you can also see that the coin had zero luster left on it.[/QUOTE]
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