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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;physics-fan3.14, post: 7881703, member: 19165&quot;]The problem with that coin is that it has seen circulation wear. The high points are usually the weakest struck because it takes the most force to get the metal there. On uncirculated coins, that lack of detail is from an incomplete strike. </p><p><br /></p><p>On a circulated coin, such as you show, those high points are also the first to experience wear. Thus, an EF half dollar as you show has quickly lost the fine hand and thumb details (and eagle feathers, and breast detail), as has been mentioned in this thread.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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