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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 51826, member: 112&quot;]Well if you&#039;re talking about silver coins - yeah they&#039;re all blast white when they are fresh from the mint. Frosty on the other hand usually refers to the quality of luster for a coin - and that can change from one coin to the next even fresh from the mint. That&#039;s because the quality of luster is dependent on several other things like die wear, striking pressure, the quality of the planchet etc etc. These things are due to the minting process. So yes - they come from the mint that way. </p><p><br /></p><p>When you ask why aren&#039;t all mint sets that way - well they are when they are brand new. But the degree of frostiness will vary greatly as I described above. But say you have an older mint set - and the coin are not blast white or frosty. Well that&#039;s because coins tone - the metal reacts with the air and other things it comes into contact with.</p><p><br /></p><p>But say somebody had an older mint set coin and it was toned a dull grey. They can dip the coin and make it blast white again. But dipping reduces luster - so any frostiness that may have been there will either be reduced or gone altogether as a result of dipping the coin. So in this case yes a coin can be treated to make it blast white. But you can&#039;t increase or make a coin frosty by treating it.</p><p><br /></p><p>But does it increase value ? Well that depends on who wants to buy the coin. Some folks like blast white and will pay more for it. Others are reluctant to buy a coin that has possibly been dipped and will not buy them. Still others like toned coins and won&#039;t buy blast white at all. But a toned coin can still be considered frosty as well. So as you can see - there are just too many variables to say there are any set rules.</p><p><br /></p><p>It all comes back to one thing - it always will. Buy and collect what YOU like - what appeals to YOU. And don&#039;t worry about what somebody else might like or whether it will make the coin worth more.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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