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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 1696354, member: 42773&quot;]I&#039;ll give it a shot, but I&#039;m a rank novice, so bear with me.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://s22.postimg.org/rmlgor0c1/diewear1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Area 1 appears to be die polish - all of the lines are concentric, and appear to have been made by a rotary tool with a much bigger radius than the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>At 2 there appears to be a die chip between the rays. Would that be called deterioration?</p><p><br /></p><p>All of the lines I&#039;ve marked with 3 appear to be scratches since they are not concentric to the polish lines, and have no nearby lines that are concentric to them. There are others which I haven&#039;t marked.</p><p><br /></p><p>At 4 it looks like the field part of the die is bent down into the stars somewhat. Could that be die wear?</p><p><br /></p><p>The chatter at 5 is also die wear?</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, that&#039;s a stab in the dark from an amateur.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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