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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2293598, member: 24314&quot;]Please, please, please, guys - stop it.&nbsp; Forgive me but I am starting to sound like some &quot;Know-it-all&quot; and I don&#039;t like that.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The coin in the GSA holder is 100% original with mint striations caused by roller marks on the planchet. I have several of these coins.&nbsp; They especially occur on Morgan dollars.&nbsp; The lines are detracting but they also add character to a coin (like a chop mark) and make for a good discussion. The coin is flatly struck and exhibits the usual white frost found on these coins along with the different looking &quot;flat strike luster common over the ear of NO coins.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I enjoyed Doug&#039;s description of the strike process. I shall copy it for my files after awarding a &quot;like&quot;.&nbsp; It deserves a &quot;Best Answer&quot; but I&#039;ll need to read the rules for that award. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Now, as you all know, PMD changes the surface of the coin.&nbsp; The CC dollar is a totally original beauty.&nbsp; The case was not opened and no mint employee messed with it.&nbsp; Please trust me on this.&nbsp; When I kick a coin across a cement floor (and I have done this several times in demonstrations) the coins look NOTHING LIKE this.&nbsp; There is absolutely no evidence of any kind of cleaning on the GSA dollar.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Will one of the doubters explain to us how the untouched, frosty, surface remained in the striations (roller marks).&nbsp; The frost is even evident on the fine lines in the field that are partially obliterated by the strike.&nbsp; The frosty color continues up into the design. This is Grading 101 guys.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I recommend that every collector purchase one of these CC coins in an original GSA holder just to see what original mint luster looks like.&nbsp; I know - there are several different types of mint luster on coins from the different mints so let&#039;s not start that string going.&nbsp; On second thought, it should be nice to hear how each of you describe the various surfaces - frosty, satin etc. for each mint.&nbsp; I&#039;m all about learning from professionals. For example, I never learned how to tell the mint of a dollar by its color, strike and rim shape so I am all ears. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>PS I am really enjoying joining this forum and have already learned a lot.&nbsp; I hope we can convince Doug to come over to the Dark Side...LOL.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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