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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;CircCam, post: 25294856, member: 85675&quot;]Those surfaces are very odd looking, especially in the TrueView.&nbsp; I bet it’s a blazer in hand after whatever was done to it as far as luster though (which was probably the reason they did it.)</p><p><br /></p><p>I don’t think what we are seeing is “thinning of the frost” but a combination of original skin still remaining on the coin after conservation (star halos) and the gaps in the fields in the images is just due to the lighting.&nbsp; I would be willing to bet the coin has uninterrupted, bold cartwheels.&nbsp; For example, look at the same area in the TrueView, where it is clearly frosty vs. in the GreatPhoto where it appears deficient.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1615782[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1615781[/ATTACH]</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Not my cup of tea personally, but CAC stickers coins that have been conserved all the time as long as it hasn’t been taken too far. Often times, it’s too far for me though.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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