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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cdcda, post: 52044, member: 941&quot;]To add to the subject of Cameo...</p><p><br /></p><p>A coin is &quot;cameo&quot; when the device (lady liberty on a Morgan Dollar, Franklin on the half, etc.) has a frosty appearance while the field (or background of the coin) has a mirror like appearance.</p><p><br /></p><p>Cameo is most common with proof coins that have been struck with highly polished dies, but does also occur to a lesser extent with business strikes destined for circulation. The term &quot;proof-like&quot; often refers to business strike coins which exhibit both the mirror-like fields and frosty devices&nbsp; of a proof issue.</p><p><br /></p><p>When frosty is used to describe mint state business strike coins, you have to be careful. Depending upon the dealer, it may be referring to a coin that is proof-like in appearance or it may be referring to a coin which exhibits a frosty/satiny lustre across all surfaces of the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>In the case of Morgan dollars, many of the dates came from the mint with a frosty appearance across the entire coin while others exhibit a more proof-like appearance. As for business strike Franklin halves, it is not the norm to have an intensely frosty coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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