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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2425224, member: 24314&quot;]<span style="color: #ff00ff"><span style="color: #b300b3">Let this opinion go in one ear and out the other as it is just a technicality reserved for a Grading 101 Seminar that most of you are WAY beyond: </span></span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Good eye!&nbsp; The <span style="color: #b300b3">shiny</span> spots you see on the coin <span style="color: #b300b3">ARE</span> places where the frosty luster of the coin&#039;s original surface is no longer present. <span style="color: #b300b3">However, this type of disturbed original surface (shiny) is NOT CONSIDERED &quot;friction rub&quot; which is the &quot;bad&quot; kind of actual friction wear that is &quot;dull&quot; in color.&nbsp; <span style="color: #000000">Many call it stacking or compression rub and is insignificant on a coin as &quot;gem&quot; and well preserved as this one.&nbsp; </span></span></p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;<span style="color: #b300b3">Actually, while it still is &quot;pristine looking&quot; and a very high grade, it is no longer in the original condition when it left the dies.&nbsp; You are correct, it is not rub. See distinction above.&nbsp; </span></p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;<span style="color: #b300b3">Again, what I have learned is that cabinet friction is &quot;dull&quot; and microscopically hairlined.&nbsp; Bag Friction may be a better description as when coins &quot;hit&quot; each other they tend to leave the surface shiny and obliterate the original frost.&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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