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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;luvNlife, post: 25076100, member: 38897&quot;]Thanks Cheech, you may be right.&nbsp; I do believe it is possible that some of that is a result of the lighting though. I have a large high resolution picture of a Morgan with all of the high spots denoted.&nbsp; On the upper portion of Liberty&#039;s hat the portion that is highest is the roundish area, from about where it overlaps the line of the rest of the hat, counterclockwise to about the 6:30 position. The upper part of that area looks, to me, like it may be slightly worn, but it&#039;s hard to tell with the horrible lighting. With proper lighting that area shows a good shadow, like it the MS62 example I posted.&nbsp; I have very accurate measuring equipment.&nbsp; Just for fun I plan to measure some coins at the high points and record the info.&nbsp; The hair above the ear is another high spot, and I&#039;d like to know the relationship in height between that spot, and others. I think the coin I purchased looks like it has a minimal amount of wear in the area above the ear. It seems somewhat hard to judge because of the differences in strikes. I&#039;ve seen some MS65 coins that had less detail in the hair above the ear, and I can only assume it is because it wasn&#039;t as good of a strike.&nbsp; I&#039;ve seen several from the New Orleans Mint that are highly graded but lack some of the details of lesser graded coins.&nbsp; The more I get in to this, the more fascinating I find it. Once I actually have this coin I&#039;ll get some good pics with proper lighting.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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