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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lehigh96, post: 3209635, member: 15309&quot;]No, luster is not a factor.&nbsp; The four elements of grading are surface preservation, luster, strike, and eye appeal.&nbsp; The star designation is solely awarded based on eye appeal.&nbsp; That is why they made explicit rules for untoned coins. </p><p><br /></p><p>I have seen only a handful of untoned coins that have the star designation and don&#039;t have PL or DMPL contrast on one side.&nbsp; And I would group all of those coins in with this one, a grading error.&nbsp; And most of the untoned star error coins are SLQs and Washington Quarters.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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