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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lehigh96, post: 3526282, member: 15309&quot;]Fair enough, but many of the others in this thread, including Doug, don&#039;t accept it and think it is impossible to differentiate between wear and roll friction.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Why can&#039;t a coin with friction on both sides suffer from cabinet friction?&nbsp; Is there a rule that says the coin must be stored obverse up?</p><p><br /></p><p>And you keep railing on these ultra rarities from the 18th Century.&nbsp; These are $100,000 coins and there is probably less than 100 of these in existence in the mint state grades.&nbsp; Coins like this are not so much graded as they are ranked.&nbsp; They compare the coins you have shown above with other AU58 examples and determine that the coin is worthy of a higher grade, despite the origins of the high point wear.&nbsp; From a philosophical perspective, you have a very valid argument.&nbsp; From a practical perspective, you most likely won&#039;t ever be in a position to collect these coins and the people who are want the difference in overall quality represented by the grade, not the mere presence of high point wear.&nbsp; For example, compare the MS62 coins shown in your post with the AU58 shown below.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://dyn1.heritagestatic.com/lf?set=path%5B1%2F6%2F4%2F1%2F2%2F16412880%5D%2Csizedata%5B850x600%5D&amp;call=url%5Bfile%3Aproduct.chain%5D" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="https://dyn1.heritagestatic.com/lf?set=path%5B1%2F6%2F4%2F1%2F2%2F16412874%5D%2Csizedata%5B850x600%5D&amp;call=url%5Bfile%3Aproduct.chain%5D" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s like complaining about traveling in the NBA.&nbsp; Everyone knows that they get away with it, but the end product is enhanced by applying the rule very passively.&nbsp; In other words, it is a grey area.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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