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<p>[QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 26478887, member: 27832"]From these single images, how can you distinguish high point wear from a less than full strike? In hand, where I can rotate the coin under light, I can sometimes tell the difference. From single photos, it's a total crapshoot, at least for me. PCGS called it AU after in-hand inspection, and I'm not going to second guess them.</p><p><br /></p><p>From these photos, I see a coin with <i>booming</i> luster in the fields, and no indication of hairlines. Yes, it's likely been dipped, but not enough to impair the luster.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 26478887, member: 27832"]From these single images, how can you distinguish high point wear from a less than full strike? In hand, where I can rotate the coin under light, I can sometimes tell the difference. From single photos, it's a total crapshoot, at least for me. PCGS called it AU after in-hand inspection, and I'm not going to second guess them. From these photos, I see a coin with [I]booming[/I] luster in the fields, and no indication of hairlines. Yes, it's likely been dipped, but not enough to impair the luster.[/QUOTE]
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