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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Leadfoot, post: 1540495, member: 2972&quot;]I don&#039;t think you can tell authoritatively.&nbsp; You can only guess a based on extant coins and their respective histories.</p><p><br /></p><p>That said when I hear &quot;cabinet friction&quot; I think high point wear.&nbsp; When I hear &quot;circulation wear&quot; I think field luster wear.&nbsp; To the ANA, and some in this thread, they are the same.&nbsp; To the TPGs, and others, they are very different.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, when you consider the two coins Paul posted, the first one has high point wear but the field luster is complete -- thus that&#039;s a no-brainer MS coin as far as the TPGs are concerned.&nbsp; When you look at the second one, you can see some luster wear evident in the fields, thus it looks more like AU (or perhaps a 63) from the TPGs perspective -- what I would call &quot;liner&quot; coin....at least from the photos.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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