Circulated Coins Have a Beauty All Their Own
I would like to add a couple more perspectives to the ongoing discussion of how long it might take for a coin to wear down to the grade of Good or Very Good, and add a few more perspectives about well-worn coins.
See the picture of the two 1982 Washington commemorative coins that I carried in my pocket for 10 years each. I carried the uncirculated version from 1982 to 1992 and the proof version from 1992 to 2002. Both of them wore down to a grade of
