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<p>[QUOTE="Burton Strauss III, post: 3132016, member: 59677"]Think of it this way, the '21 Morgan was used in the real world (or carried as a pocket piece) so it spent time rubbing and tumbling against other coins. What happens? Why the highest and most exposed spots get worn... the hair at the temple, the cap, the breast of the eagle. </p><p><br /></p><p>If you've ever had a pocket piece, you rub your fingers along the fields - so the circulate grime tends to accumulate where you don't rub (around the letters stars for example, where your finger skates over the surface).</p><p><br /></p><p>While the '96 is dinged up everywhere. OK, bag marks happen, but what then causes it to be polished all over, high spots, low spots, exposed spots, protected spots... yeah - nothing good.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Burton Strauss III, post: 3132016, member: 59677"]Think of it this way, the '21 Morgan was used in the real world (or carried as a pocket piece) so it spent time rubbing and tumbling against other coins. What happens? Why the highest and most exposed spots get worn... the hair at the temple, the cap, the breast of the eagle. If you've ever had a pocket piece, you rub your fingers along the fields - so the circulate grime tends to accumulate where you don't rub (around the letters stars for example, where your finger skates over the surface). While the '96 is dinged up everywhere. OK, bag marks happen, but what then causes it to be polished all over, high spots, low spots, exposed spots, protected spots... yeah - nothing good.[/QUOTE]
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