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<p>[QUOTE="Insider, post: 2492085, member: 24314"][USER=17665]@tommyc03[/USER] </p><p><br /></p><p>I'm really sorry but I am way out of my league on this and this whole thread has been a new learning experience. <span style="color: #b30000">NO you are not. You have two eyes and you answered Question#1 perfectly! Flat strike luster is dull, not frosty. and a different color because it reflects light differently.</span>I have only been to a few coin shows but never took the opportunity to check out Morgan's. My collection has been hit and miss for the most part when the feeling moved me to add another. I certainly do not doubt your expertise in this whatsoever. Looking at the pics all I can really see in <span style="color: #006600">the luster is dull at the flat strike compared to the rest of the original luster. </span>I cannot answer #2 & #3 because this is the first time I have ever seen this and I do not know the specifics involved in a coin being struck this way. I have never seen it on other coins. And by the way, I would never block anyone <span style="color: #b300b3">which is an excellent idea because we can learn from everyone EVEN those with an incorrect answer or opinion. </span>because they disagreed with me, because, as I've always said, I can be and have been wrong and I'm easily willing to take pie in the face for jumping the gun. I was not trolling when I posted though but I should have waited awhile before I said something. <span style="color: #ff0000">Now, while you re on a "roll" look at the OP coin and describe what the original surface looks like when there is a hit. </span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Insider, post: 2492085, member: 24314"][USER=17665]@tommyc03[/USER] I'm really sorry but I am way out of my league on this and this whole thread has been a new learning experience. [COLOR=#b30000]NO you are not. You have two eyes and you answered Question#1 perfectly! Flat strike luster is dull, not frosty. and a different color because it reflects light differently.[/COLOR]I have only been to a few coin shows but never took the opportunity to check out Morgan's. My collection has been hit and miss for the most part when the feeling moved me to add another. I certainly do not doubt your expertise in this whatsoever. Looking at the pics all I can really see in [COLOR=#006600]the luster is dull at the flat strike compared to the rest of the original luster. [/COLOR]I cannot answer #2 & #3 because this is the first time I have ever seen this and I do not know the specifics involved in a coin being struck this way. I have never seen it on other coins. And by the way, I would never block anyone [COLOR=#b300b3]which is an excellent idea because we can learn from everyone EVEN those with an incorrect answer or opinion. [/COLOR]because they disagreed with me, because, as I've always said, I can be and have been wrong and I'm easily willing to take pie in the face for jumping the gun. I was not trolling when I posted though but I should have waited awhile before I said something. [COLOR=#ff0000]Now, while you re on a "roll" look at the OP coin and describe what the original surface looks like when there is a hit. [/COLOR][/QUOTE]
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