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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 3209073, member: 112&quot;]In regard to the time issue, I&#039;ve posted pics of this coin probably a 100 times because it serves as a good example in all kinds of discussions. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]832722[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]832723[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>It took 7 years of daily use and rough treatment, 7 days a week, for that coin to reach that condition. And that coin had several predecessors, all a 1 oz AGE, that underwent the same treatment over various periods of time. And the wear pattern was always consistent time wise.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now some say but that&#039;s gold so it&#039;s different, but it isn&#039;t really. Coinage gold is quite similar to other metals when it comes to wear, it&#039;s no where near as soft as people think it is. It actually wears very well.</p><p><br /></p><p>But even if you think other metals are harder, it&#039;s still useful because it at least gives you an idea of how much time it takes for a coin to accumulate a certain degree of wear. But yeah you do have to extrapolate and infer some things.</p><p><br /></p><p>For example, as I said that coin underwent wear 7 days a week for 7 years - in my pocket with at least 4 quarters and a pocketknife. Now most coins don&#039;t experience that, most coins will have various periods, some short some long, where they just sit around someplace not being moved and experiencing additional wear. So that 7 years may easily double, or triple, for other coins. And if you consider that well it falls right in line the mint&#039;s estimate that an average coin last for about 25 years.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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