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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mikenoodle, post: 1501730, member: 307&quot;]not like I am a huge expert on Jefferson Nickels (or anything else, for that matter), but one of the ways that I have found through experience to differentiate weak strike from die wear, especially on Jeffersons, is to look to the high points (the cheek and the center of Monticello&#039;s porch) for planchet flaws.</p><p><br /></p><p>Nickel is notorious for being a hard metal and on many nickels the planchet flaws don&#039;t completely strike out of the coin. Sometimes, people confuse them with bag marks or wear, but on a weakly struck coin, the planchet flaws will still be at the surface of the coin. </p><p><br /></p><p>A coin with die wear will exhibit poor features, but without the planchet flaws. The metal will have flowed as best as it could, but the details will appear weak because the details don&#039;t exist on the die itself.</p><p><br /></p><p>so, to summarize: a lack of planchet flaws usually means weak strike but weak details minus the planchet flaws usually means die wear.</p><p><br /></p><p>I hope that helps[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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