Coin Wear

Coin Wear

Maintaining your coin is very important. This is because when it comes time to sell your coins or even doing trade people often check how well the coin has been taken care of and whether or not it has any coin wear on it. If you are an expert on coins then you should be able to check for coin wear. Checking the abrasions on the surface of the coin is important because the wear, can devalue the coins worth greatly. There are materials that used to check this wear before you decide to get the coin; in fact it would be advisable to have your own materials so as you take care of your own collection.

You can use a powerful magnifying glass, which makes the coin look bigger and you will get to see the small cracks or hairline scratches which your normal eye would have missed. You can also look to find weak strikes, mistrikes and any other errors that are commonly found on coins.

However you do not have to worry so much if you find coin wear, because they are those coin collectors who find the wear valuable. Unless your coin is old and rare which would be the only reason it would be valuable if it also has some sort of wear or weak strike. Then it is advisable that you keep it tip top condition and try to keep the coin looking sharp which will raise it value even higher. Be sure to check that the coin has not been cleverly shined to hide the scratches and marks.

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