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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 2352734, member: 112&quot;]Many believe this, that the cartwheel luster is created, or caused, if you prefer, even improved by die wear. This simply is NOT true. Fresh dies, brand new dies, with no wear whatsoever on them create beautiful, booming luster on the coins they strike. The coins with the best luster, the highest quality luster, are those struck by new or nearly new dies. This is because uniformity creates the best luster. And by definition die wear reduces uniformity.</p><p><br /></p><p>This very point comes up almost every time this discussion takes place. And no, you don&#039;t have to take my word for it, you can read the books and articles written by John Danreuther and other noted numismatists and what I am saying will be saying will be confirmed.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>There may have been some isolated cases where that happened, but as a general rule - it never happened. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Thank you for that picture ! And thank you Kentucky for bringing it about.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have tried for years to explain this very thing with words when talking about this - /\/\/\/\/\ - and always had a hard time getting the point across. It is a perfect illustration for explaining what happens to light that we see when it strikes the luster of a coin. Change the point of incidence, change the angles of incidence, increase or decrease the angles of the surface (narrow or widen the peaks and valleys) and you see something completely different. </p><p><br /></p><p>And it perfectly illustrates what I am talking about above regarding uniformity. The uniformity, the consistency of the peaks and valleys, are what create the best luster. Interrupt that consistency with die wear which makes some of the peaks and valleys higher or lower, wider or more narrow, and the quality of the luster suffers, is lessened.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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