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<p>[QUOTE="cladking, post: 1070719, member: 68"]Wear on a coin always starts on the high points. If you tip the coin sideways you can see these high points up above the coin surface. This is where the luster (shinyness) is first worn through and it will appear grey at this point. This means the coin is worn beyond unc and becomes AU (almost unc). </p><p><br /></p><p>Anything that you see below the high points is probably either some sort of damage or a striking characteristic as the coin will wear and get thinner from the top down mostly.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="cladking, post: 1070719, member: 68"]Wear on a coin always starts on the high points. If you tip the coin sideways you can see these high points up above the coin surface. This is where the luster (shinyness) is first worn through and it will appear grey at this point. This means the coin is worn beyond unc and becomes AU (almost unc). Anything that you see below the high points is probably either some sort of damage or a striking characteristic as the coin will wear and get thinner from the top down mostly.[/QUOTE]
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