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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Boss, post: 513486, member: 15110&quot;]David Lange, cent expert, stated an interesting observation about this in his book:&nbsp; Complete Guide to Lincoln Cents.&nbsp; I don&#039;t remeber the exact quote but he stated that the softly stuck coins are less porous and therefore less prone to carbon spots, verdigris, etc as there is less crevices for air and moisture to be trapped for crummy stuff to develop.&nbsp; So in other words, the soft coins were better preserved and the sharply struck stuff was more prone to damage and therefore less of it is certified.&nbsp; Makes sense.&nbsp; Makes these coins interesting to grade sometimes too.&nbsp; Strong coins are best, but soft ones are interesting to me.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />hya:[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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