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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lincoln64, post: 20523, member: 1232&quot;]Here are the scans of a coin I bought as BU. The scans are a little bit fuzzy in that the hair on the obverse looks a little shallow in places. Under a 10x loupe the hair is as perfect. the obverse looks well struck and I am guessing that the lack of detail in some of the stars is due to die wear. On the reverse you can see taht the high points of wear (the tops of the stalks on the wreath are in good shape as is the entire rest of the coin, except for the flat spot. As I said before I have seen several coins like this recently. Under 20x magnification the flat spot shows no sign of scratches or abrasion, as a matter of fact the surface is identical to the texture of te fields surrounding it (see pic 83detail). My question is how could that one spot have so little deatil is the rest of the coin is so sharp. remember that this is not considered a &quot;high point&quot; where you would expect wear.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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