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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3723137, member: 19463&quot;]Wear received in circulation is honest.&nbsp; Wear caused by tumbling a coin in a rock tumbler to smooth out the rough surface is not so honest.&nbsp; Today, many people hate wear so much they would rather have an EF with pitting than a worn coin with smooth surfaces.&nbsp; Below are two similar asses of Caligula.&nbsp; I would call the first worn to Fine with green patina.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]997998[/ATTACH] </p><p>The second is VF for wear but has horrid surfaces. When I got it, the junkbox contained few coins this bad.&nbsp; Now with new style grading it might be VF 5/5, 1/5.&nbsp; Which is better?&nbsp; Could some &#039;dishonest&#039; wear improve the second coin?&nbsp; Not to me.&nbsp; I owned that coin for 30 years before I decided to catalog and keep it for the PRON legend.&nbsp; I would like to upgrade it to a nice Fine, </p><p>[ATTACH=full]997999[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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