i thought of a idea were i take a uncirculated coin which is a frankin half and try to see how long it takes to wear from evry grade all the way to cull. i will take the half and have it every day on me me with other coins to circulate it till its unoticable.
I'll tell you what... it ain't gonna happen overnight, or in a month, or a year, or five years. I've carried the same 1944 Walker in my pocket for the past 10 years, always contacting other change, and I doubt if it's dropped even a grade. It was VF when I started, probably F now. But it does shine, that I can tell you.
I hope you're in this for the long haul, since it will take decades for it to wear from BU to slick.:yes: I carried around a 1922 peace dollar as a pocket piece for many years and mostly all that happened was that it got shiny!
You know these young people today... trying to speed everything up. I'll be long gone before that Franklin drops to AU.
There's a gentleman who comes in the store I work at who has a 1972 Eisenhower he claims to have carried with him since 1972. Its cull now (pretty cool looking actually), with the reverse gone and the date and bust all that's left on the front. Its really shiny though. Of course this is 40 years later as well.
I can see it wouldn't take much to get an Ike down though, most of the strikes were weak to begin with.
IDK if its just their strikes or what but I can confirm for some reason Ikes wear quick. I knew a gentlemen who served under Ike in WWII and would always carry one on him. He said it had to be replaced every 4 years as it would go slick. Now, maybe he rubbed on it a lot, I don't know why, but there is no reason for this man to lie and he pulled one out of his pocket he said was about 3 years of pocket wear and it was vg at best. Like I said, though, that might be from abnormal wear. Going from hoards found, for traditional silver and copper coinage it appears it takes about 40-50 years of average circulation at least to get a coin down to AG from BU. But, get a big half dollar in your pocket and rub on it intentionally every day, and I am sure it will be shorter. Btw, how about a kennedy instead? I feel bad wearing away a Franklin, but I thing a worn kennedy would be a true scarcity!
Well, just look at an Ike, his mug is already smooth to begin with for the most part. The Ike's to me just lack a lot of fine details from most other coins, so that's why I see them not taking much or too long to look really worn down as even uncirculated ones can look already worn down.
It only took about three years (residing in my change pocket) for this coin to go from BU to PU......... Different metal composition than a Franky or Peace though.......
True. I also believe as a pocket piece it will be quicker. Coins in "circulation" spend a lot of their time in cash registers, on night stands, etc. A pocket piece which you will intentionally carry around every day will by definition have heavier wear.
OH how wrong you are rodeo. The composition of the Ike makes it VERY hard and is also WHY the strike was so weak on a lot of them. I've had two very worn Ike's in my pocket for years and they have barely changed, if at all.
My old man has had a Morgan dollar in his pocket since the early fiftys, and it is nothing more than a silver slug at this point. I'm not sure what condition it was in when he started, but it is barely recognizable at this point.
I would think it would also depend on how active a person is. Someone who is moving around a lot will force more wear on the coin. I sit in front of a computer all day, so my coins wear little if at all.
The AGE you carried around to educate or show people, and they get interested and poetentialy collect?
