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Message:: [QUOTE="Insider, post: 2541269, member: 24314"]<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie57" alt=":jawdrop:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie46" alt=":facepalm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> This is ABSOLUTELY FALSE!  Super Dave needs to take a coin grading seminar.  <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> I'm glad he cannot see this (he has me on ignore) as I don't have time to argue. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie59" alt=":joyful:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie60" alt=":kiss:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Now someone ask him the following:  What happens when the surface of a coin gets a "hit" or is "damaged?"  a. Does the surface stay original?  b. Does the color of the surface stay the same?  What would the surface of the coin look like if it were scraped?  Would zinc show through if it were this damaged? As I wrote before.  There is 100% original "untouched" surface in that area where the planchet metal did not fill the design of the die completely (leaving the area weak).  The coin shows two types of original mint luster.  Normal redish frost and weak pinkish frost.[/QUOTE]