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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;CamaroDMD, post: 412584, member: 5233&quot;]Luster is simply the shine of the coin.&nbsp; A new coin, fresh from the mint will be shinny, it has a lot of luster.&nbsp; The Franklin in your pic looks to be more of a flat or dull gray...it seems to lack that shine.&nbsp; Again, it could be the lighting in the pic that makes it look like that.&nbsp; When you look at the coin in person, is it shiny like a new coin or is it dull?</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a photo I took from a dollar in my collection.&nbsp; The photo isn&#039;t great, but you can see the coin has a lot of luster to it:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b97/RichieB16/1881-SMorganDollar.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a Franklin on eBay with a lot of luster as well (and a bad scratch on the reverse): <a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/1961-D-Franklin-Half-Dollar-Grades-Choice-BU_W0QQitemZ230276905944QQihZ013QQcategoryZ11973QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1638Q2em118Q2el1247" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://cgi.ebay.com/1961-D-Franklin-Half-Dollar-Grades-Choice-BU_W0QQitemZ230276905944QQihZ013QQcategoryZ11973QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1638Q2em118Q2el1247" rel="nofollow">http://cgi.ebay.com/1961-D-Franklin-Half-Dollar-Grades-Choice-BU_W0QQitemZ230276905944QQihZ013QQcategoryZ11973QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1638Q2em118Q2el1247</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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