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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Morgandude11, post: 1934635, member: 37839&quot;]A &quot;luster break&quot; does not a &quot;worn coin&quot; make, as I have said before..&nbsp; A lot of the higher relief coins, that have engraving that is more prominent than average have one or more &quot;luster breaks&quot; in the overall appearance of their surface.&nbsp; This is a design issue, rather than a handling or wear issue.&nbsp; I still feel that storage or contact MAY play an issue in this, but just by design, the die may have made slightly less contact&nbsp; in one area of the metal, when striking the planchet--this happens VERY often in 1921 Peace Dollars that are MS, and even gems.Obviously, dies were not as sophisticated in those days as they are now, and were obviously not laster cut.&nbsp; So, there is no surprise that a &quot;high design&quot; with lots of detail and a large diameter coin such as the Saint will show a luster break, and still be solidly MS.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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