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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 33453, member: 112"]Frosted and cameo, when speaking of coins, can mean the same thing, but they don't always. Both terms apply to the devices of a coin appearing as if it had been left outside on a cold night and had a layer of frost (just like you see on the grass or your windshield) deposited on the devices of the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>The devices of many business strike Morgan dollars are often spoken of as frosted - but they are not cameo. Typically, only Proof coins are spoken of as cameo or deep cameo. This is because the devices of the Proof dies were sandblasted to provide the cameo or frosted effect. Today the dies are etched with lasers to provide the same effect.</p><p><br /></p><p>But the term cameo is not used, when speaking of coins, in the same manner as when you are talking of say a cameo ring or piece of jewelry. So you cannot have a cameo coin that is not frosted.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 33453, member: 112"]Frosted and cameo, when speaking of coins, can mean the same thing, but they don't always. Both terms apply to the devices of a coin appearing as if it had been left outside on a cold night and had a layer of frost (just like you see on the grass or your windshield) deposited on the devices of the coin. The devices of many business strike Morgan dollars are often spoken of as frosted - but they are not cameo. Typically, only Proof coins are spoken of as cameo or deep cameo. This is because the devices of the Proof dies were sandblasted to provide the cameo or frosted effect. Today the dies are etched with lasers to provide the same effect. But the term cameo is not used, when speaking of coins, in the same manner as when you are talking of say a cameo ring or piece of jewelry. So you cannot have a cameo coin that is not frosted.[/QUOTE]
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