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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SuperDave, post: 2370921, member: 1892&quot;]Only the place where the lines are visible has been touched at all, and it was a heckuva coin in the first place. Still a heckuva coin; look at the discussion it prompted. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>A certain percentage of the &quot;luster&quot; - perhaps a substantial part of it, but certainly not all - is from the mylar of the flip reflecting things. I&#039;ve been thinking about this all night, and the current working theory is (assuming messydesk&#039;s observations are accurate, and chances are if messydesk disagrees with you, you&#039;re wrong <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> ) that the damage was accidental and the owner (at the time) created the toning deliberately to hide it. I don&#039;t see much of any indication of the need for deliberate abrasion, and BigTee44&#039;s images seem good enough to show any evidence of something prior to the hairlines, if the evidence still exists.</p><p><br /></p><p>As frustrating as this is to me, it may be as close as I ever get to &quot;knowing.&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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