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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rugrats2001, post: 629079, member: 18266&quot;]I&#039;m not sure what you mean by &#039;hazy&#039;, but I think the coin dealer MAY have it perfectly backward.&nbsp; My impression is that when the dies are NEW they have a slight satiny appearance, and as each piece is minted they loose their satin look and become shinier, until the resulting coins are considered TOO shiny and the dies are replaced.&nbsp; This is similar to first-strike proofs having full cameo devices, while the later strikes become shiny all over.&nbsp; Hopefully someone with certainty will chime in with better information.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>PS - It would be far better for you to hold the coin AWAY from the camera and take a smaller, in-focus image, than what you posted.&nbsp; I don&#039;t know about anyone else, but to me it looks like it could be a foil-covered chocolate coin in the pics and vids.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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