High points - The areas of highest relief in a coin design. Usually the first to show evidence of wear or abrasion. May be incomplete due to a "soft" strike.
High Points
The area of deepest relief on a coin. That point which extends furthest out and is most prone to WEAR.
High Points - Areas of highest relief in a coin design. The first small parts to show evidence of wear or abrasion, and also the last areas to strike up fully.
High Points - The highest part of a coin's design where the first signs of wear and tear generally appear.
Hobo Nickel - A coin (usually U.S. Buffalo nickel) physically altered to produce a substantially different image.
high points: the tops of the design elements on a coin, where wear is most likely to occur.
High Relief: variety of the 1907 $20 gold piece designed by Augustus Saint-Gaudens on which the design elements are much higher than usual.
HIGH POINTS
The highest points on the design of a coin. The first points to show wear.
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High Points of Design
Draped Bust Half Cent
Classic Half Cent
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High Points
Areas of highest relief on a coin's surface. The high points are the most difficult areas to obtain a sharp strike, but the first to wear or receive abrasions.
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The high points on Liberty are the cheek, the hair above the eye and the hair above the ear. Brown and Dunn say that the highest hair is above the center of the eye, below the letter B.
Examine the high points of the Indian's cheek and front leg and hip of the buffalo for a dulling of luster, indicating wear.
Minor wear on the high points of an otherwise uncirculated numismatic piece which has been stored in a tray or cabinet. The wear is caused by rubbing when the tray or cabinet is moved and will adversely affect its value.
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On the reverse the high point of the right wreath ribbon is below the lower right of the first five; the date is closer to the wreath ribbon than to the letters above it.
" (Also, "do" as in "Can I do this Barber Quarter before I buy it?"--said by one Bruce Lorich to the author, February 2, 1994.) Dulling Used by the author when cataloging coins, as in "minor dulling (or dullness) on the high points, ...
Or perhaps, less interestingly, most test-cut Owls were cut at the owl's head because it was the high point of the reverse and cutting here thus caused fewer coins to be broken.
A weak roll therefore has the high points of a device or image missing. Sometimes this can be avoided or minimized by rolling the cent with the head of the coin towards the die.
Similar to a bag mark but usually on the high points or open fields and not as deep or acute as the former. accumulation A miscellaneous grouping of coins, often as a monetary hoard. Opposite of a coin collection.
Fingered Dulling a coin's shiny high points by dabbing one's thumb on it in order to make it receive a higher grade from a grading service is known as fingering it.
The most important thing in grading an AU coin is to know is where the high points are on a particular coin so that you can look for the minimal wear there.
Luster must be present, including on the high points. Coin may have been dipped at one time, possibly to remove stains or spots, but not to the extent luster is seriously impaired.
When grading coins of this type, check the high points of the breast and knees on the obverse and the ribbon bow and tips of the leaves on the reverse. The 1838-O half dime is more difficult to grade. Many pieces were struck from heavily rusted dies.
VF-30, choice very fine: light even wear on high points, all lettering and design details are sharp
VF-20, very fine: most details are still well defined; high points are smooth ...
Extremely Fine coins show only a small amount wear on the high points. All of the inscription should be easily readable, where present. If the coin is off-center, some of the inscription may be missing.
(AU-50) About Uncirculated - Slight traces of wear on high points; may have contact marks and little eye appeal.
In percentage terms it would amount to no more than 11% to 15% on the high points of the design. Under magnification, small flat areas may be starting to appear on these high points.
The ear of her portrait happens to be the high point of the obverse design and coincidentally is opposite a high point of the reverse design.
There is light wear on the high points of the designs, but there is still an excellent overall sharpness. Considerable mint luster will still show in the protected areas.
To take a closer look, the reason the low leaf appears to be skipping the high points is because it is a gouge or dent that did not sink far enough to obliterate the original design.
When grading these coins, and many other weakly struck Buffalos, you must take the surface into account, as many full luster pieces will not show rounded relief detail on the high points of the horn or the fringe on the tail.
The selling dealer fairly (IMHO) called it 'Techincally EF but soft on high points, hence VF detail'. Note, however, that the radiate crown of the portrait is not distinct from the hair. This is usually the situation on a coin graded 'Fine'.
Slight wear on a coin's high points or in the fields.
frost
A crystallized-metal effect seen in the recessed areas of a die, thus the raised parts of a coin struck with that die.
" There is slight wear on the high points with minor friction in the fields. Luster can range from almost nonexistent to virtually full, but it will be missing from the high points. The grade of "Choice AU" equates to AU55.
On October 18, 1817, students held a gathering to exchange ideas, the high point of which was the burning of works by authors like August von Kotzebue, who were against a united German state.
For instance, while the US coin grading system classifies an Extremely Fine coin as one which shows light wear on the high points and some luster, the European grading system has a different definition.
Minor displacement of metal, mainly on the high points, seen on coins stored in rolls.
rolled edge
Term synonymous with rim (the raised edge around a coin). This has become part of the vernacular because of the Rolled Edge Indian Head eagle.
Very Fine (VF-20) - Shows moderate wear on high points of design. All major details are clear.
Choice Very Fine (VF-30) - Light even wear on the surface and highest parts of the design. All lettering and major features are sharp.
Also called "Almost Uncirculated-55." There is slight wear on the high points with minor friction in the fields. Luster can range from almost nonexistent to virtually full, but it will be missing from the high points.
Usually rubbing on the high points of a coin created from pages slid against each other in an album.
album slide marks
Usually parallel lines created by the plastic slide of an album.
For the most part, the Ch'ing Dynasty was a period of enlightenment, with the arts and literature reaching a high point under the emperors K'ang Hsi and Ch'ien Lung.
Because the date is on a high point of the design, it easily wears away. A "dateless" nickel still retains its face value and there are companies who will purchase them for a very modest premium.
EF (Extremely Fine) - A grade where there is little actual wear except on the high points. On copper and bronze original lustre might well still be in evidence.
Moderately worn but all the details are clear. There may be some nicks and high points may be rubbed down a bit.
Choice Very Fine (VF-30)
Lightly worn, especially on the highest points, but all lettering and details are sharp.
VF stands for very fine and means that the coin will have slight wear on the high points but all features are sharp and clear, although there may be some degradation on fine features such as hair or feathers on the coins.
A less severe instance of album slide marks. Album friction shows as slight rubbing on the high points.
Album slide marks
Lines (often parallel) imparted to the surface of a coin by the plastic "slide" of an album, mostly found on proof coins.
Choice Extremely Fine-45 (EF45): The coin has wear on all the high points of the design but all the design elements are sharp. The coin must have some mint luster to qualify for this grade! ...
Abbreviation: AU-58 The barest trace of wear may be seen on one or more of the high points of the coin's design. No major detracting contact marks will be present and the coin will have attractive eye appeal and nearly full mint luster.
Earlier, I mentioned that I have never fully understood why a coin that has slight friction on the high points is automatically valued at considerably less than a technically uncirculated piece that has heavy bag marks and other detracting features.
As the coins are handled frequently, the darker "patina" may wear off the high points of the coin, leaving golden-colored highlights that accent the darker background around the border, lettering and other less exposed areas.
Unless you really know what you are looking for, it is most difficult to tell the difference between AU and MS, but if you are looking at the high points of any coin and looking for wear you should be able to tell.
Album Friction
Similar to album slide marks, though the friction may be only slight rubbing on the high points. See Also: Slide Marks, Album Slide Lines.
Incuse - When the design of the coin is cut into the coin, it is said to be incuse. On incuse coins, the fields are the high points. Indian $2 ½ and $5 are examples of incuse designs on US coins.
Comments: This is another example of a coin produced by Mould at Morristown, where they used a larger sized planchet than at the Rahway mint. According to Hodder this variety typically has a weak strike at the high points on the horse's head and at ...
While much of the art seen on coins had declined from its high point in the Classical era, cities in western Asia Minor experienced a renaissance of the celators' art in the period between Seleukid and Roman rule (see Myrina below).
R1014* 2797 Trajan: AE 28 Dupondius
$225.00
Obv. IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS II P P Rad. bust r.
Rev. FELICITAS AVGVST S C Felicitas stg. r.
11.94 g
Sear 1014v, RIC 626. aEF, brassy spots on high points ...
F AVG, laureate, helmeted, and cuirassed bust right / VICTORIAE LAETAE PRINC PERP, Two Victories standing facing each other, holding a shield inscribed VOT P R on altar; SIS. Cf. RIC VII 53 (for type). Good VF, light olive patina, worn at high points.
These coins are coated with a yellow color so that they look like gold- this coating tends to wear off of the high points in the coins leaving the actual color of the metal showing through.
Sometimes eutechtic was sprinkled between the layers to increase the bond, although determining which coins employed the added eutechtic method. Exposure of the deception was often due to wear at the high points of the coin, ...
With ancient coins created with a transfer die, slight gaps in the device or a combination of well-struck high points and poorly struck low points, ...
 See also: Point, Coin, Mint, Grade, Revers
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