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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2266354, member: 19463&quot;]My definition of &#039;honest&#039; wear is a coin that has smooth surfaces with detail lost to handling but not to corrosion whether roughness or even just porosity.&nbsp; Honest wear occurred in antiquity before the coin was hoarded and has nothing to do with the effects of cleaning.&nbsp; Honestly worn coins were not weakly struck losing detail from the start but lost their detail gradually with every hand that touched them. Agree?&nbsp; My Claudius as below is a rather honest coin.&nbsp; Often we see the term used following &#039;Just&#039; to mean that the coin is really nice and clear for a coin worn to fine or below. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]450854[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The question is whether you would rather have an honest Good Claudius portrait like the above (this reverse is past hope but still a pretty honest Poor) or a rough VF detailed coin like the Caligula below.&nbsp; </p><p>Neither of these got accessioned into my collection but neither got thrown out either.&nbsp; Which bothers me more changes from time to time.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]450856[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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