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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Larry Moran, post: 1015218, member: 4580&quot;]<b>&quot;Look for the very slightest flattening of the high points...&quot;</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Yes... here&#039;s my take on minimal wear.</p><p><br /></p><p>I believe the reason that coins with some rub can pass for MS-63 at TPG&#039;s today is that...</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;If it isn&#039;t flat, it isn&#039;t wear.&quot;&nbsp; It&#039;s just difficult to prove circulation without flat wear, so a lot of rubbed examples get by at lower MS grades. I&#039;ve seen plenty of MS-65&#039;s with some minor rub; so have you, I&#039;d imagine.</p><p><br /></p><p>All of those coins with darker fields where luster has obviously been interrupted have been rubbed.&nbsp; Years ago, those were all AU.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks, pf3.14, for your excellent thread.&nbsp; : )</p><p><br /></p><p>BTW, wear occurs from friction and certainly wears off silver, or any metallic composition, pure or alloyed, in which a coin-type object is struck.&nbsp; Simplified, think of wear as the result of sliding on flat surfaces, including tables, counters and bartops. ; )[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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