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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 2374774, member: 112&quot;]No, not right.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>That&#039;s because they <u>are</u> both &quot;wear-ish&quot;, there no difference between them. Wear is wear, regardless of it&#039;s cause.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Correct. Pretty sure I said exactly that here -</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Wear is caused by repeated rubbing (usually), of the coin against anything, in the same places on the coin, those &quot;places&quot; are usually the high points of the coin but not always by any means, - not by single contacts.</p><p><br /></p><p>For example, when coins are minted they pop out of the presses and fall into a large hopper. The coins already in the hopper are hit by the additional coins coming from the presses. As the just minted falls and hits the coins already in the hopper, contact marks are the result. Those contact marks do not constitute wear because they are caused by a single contact between 2 coins - one hitting the other. And a single contact cannot produce wear.</p><p><br /></p><p>By the same token contact marks made inside a mint bag are not wear either - they are just contact marks. Contact marks made in a cash register drawer are not wear. Contact marks in a counting and rolling machine are not wear. Contact marks made or formed anywhere, inside or outside the mint, or even in actual circulation for commerce - are not wear - they are just contact marks.</p><p><br /></p><p>Wear occurs when two coins repeatedly and over a period of time rub against one another - in the same places. It doesn&#039;t matter where those coins are. And it doesn&#039;t have to be 2 coins rubbing against each other, it can be a single coin rubbing against anything. A coin rubbing against the bottom or side of the hopper it falls into when it is minted can cause wear. A coin rubbing against the side of a mint bag can cause wear. A coin rubbing against the side of a counter top, a table, anything, can cause wear. A coin rubbing against another coin in a roll can cause wear. A given high point of a coin rubbing against the side of the hopper, and the same given high point on the same coin rubbing against the side of a mint bag, and then rubbing against a cash register drawer - can cause wear.</p><p><br /></p><p>Wear is the same spot on a coin rubbing against anything and everything, even several different things, usually more than once. But sometimes once is enough, other times it is not. The thing that defines wear is when the luster is broken, and it doesn&#039;t matter if it takes 1 rub, 2 rubs, or a hundred rubs to do that. Once the luster is broken it is wear - no matter where, when, or how it occurs.</p><p><br /></p><p>But a contact mark, or a scratch, or a scrape, or an abrasion - is not wear.</p><p><br /></p><p>And no, you don&#039;t need to go away. If there is something, anything, you still don&#039;t understand - then ask.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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