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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TypeCoin971793, post: 3051821, member: 78244&quot;]They would have a darker, but unperturbed, hue that blends into the surrounding toning. When there is wear, the toned area will have a significantly different color from the surroundings, normally a flat light-grey.</p><p><br /></p><p>Let’s take this 1832 for example. You can see that much of the obverse is weakly struck (hair, drapery, stars), but you would expect all of these areas to have the same kind of color and texture on the weak spots. However, that is not the case. You can see how the highest spots have a significantly different color than the rest of the coin, meaning something happened at those areas (wear).</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]763861[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]763864[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin graded MS-64, making it a classic example of a technically-overgraded coin.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is another MS-64 1832. Notice how on all of the high points there is a darker toning that blends in with the rest of the coin. There is one exception on the topmost hair curl on the right where there is a small spot of significant color change. I can’t see a similar spot on the reverse.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]763867[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]763868[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>And now here are three halves graded MS-65 that I think are properly-graded. Notice how on the high points there is no significant color/texture change that seems out of place.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]763869[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]763870[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]763871[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]763872[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]763874[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]763875[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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