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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Numis-addict, post: 1836127, member: 35784&quot;]Look at the hair immediately around Liberty&#039;s face. Parts of this area will appear slightly flattened and be a duller gray than the surrounding area, rather than the bright shine of an unworn coin. Also, look at the stars. There are lighter areas around them, which suggests that they protected those areas from the wear that the rest of the fields of the coin endured. If you move the coin around in a lighted area, you should be able to see more luster around the stars and rims of the coin than you do in the middle of the fields. I have a coin which shows a contrast between the area protected by the legend and the unprotected fields very well. I will see if I can find it for you.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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