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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2237323, member: 19463&quot;]I don&#039;t think the OP coin has much wear.&nbsp; The flan was so thin and broad that there was not enough metal to fill both the dies and, in this case, the reverse took iits share at the expense of Numerian&#039;s ear.&nbsp; hi explains why there is remaining silvering on the &#039;worn&#039; high points.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>My coins below also show variations on this theme. Central weakness is evenly divided on the first example but the second seems to have had slightly higher relief dies resulting on a more severe flatness affecting both sides but much worse on the legs of the reverse figure.&nbsp;&nbsp; This situation is more commonly seen on boardwalk margin coins like these since smaller diameter coins with the same weight would be thick enough to fill both dies.&nbsp; Numerian seems to have a lot of these wide ones.&nbsp; Perhaps one of our physicists will explain how the metal flowed on these and if they can tell which side was up when struck.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]440747[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]440748[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>So, what is a proper grade for coins like this?&nbsp; They might have little enough detail to be just Fine but little enough actual wear to be EF.&nbsp;&nbsp; The OP coin?&nbsp; I&#039;d call it &#039;a pretty solid ant&#039; just as it was by its rightfully proud new owner.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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