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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cpm9ball, post: 1355894, member: 24633&quot;]Zach,</p><p><br /></p><p>Luster isn&#039;t created by any irregularities imparted from the die to the surface of the coin. Luster is created from the metal flowing outward through the fields toward the rim along the surface of the die. If you examine a fully lustrous coin under a microscope, you can actually see how the metal flowed. This is why you can see the luster radiate around the coin like the spokes of a wheel when you tilt the coin back and forth under a light.</p><p><br /></p><p>Take a look at the photo of the Morgan star. You can see the streaks from the metal flow through the fields. You can also see how the light reflects off of the peaks and valleys of the metal flow. Note that you don&#039;t see the metal flow through the device, itself. That&#039;s because the metal is actually flowing upward (or downward) into the device.</p><p><br /></p><p>Chris[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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