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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jaelus, post: 3514271, member: 46237&quot;]People say this as if wear is magical and special, but it isn&#039;t really. It&#039;s obvious that wear damages the surfaces of the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Wear is simply the <i>most well understood</i> form of surface damage, and the damage from wear is not considered to be a <i>problem</i> when grading. As wear tends to occur in the same way on a type it can be described and documented and used to grade coins objectively (as much as is possible). When we grade a coin in the circulated range, we are describing the level of damage from wear. Other forms of damage are random and affect grading subjectively. That&#039;s the only difference.</p><p><br /></p><p>If Kurt was still here he would say that toning is a type of damage as well, and look how many coins get a bump for eye appeal from attractive toning.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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