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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 3329194, member: 112"]To be honest Mike I kind of think you confuse the issue for some with your explanation. I know what you'e talking about, what you mean, and some others probably do too. But I'm not sure that everyone does.</p><p><br /></p><p>For example, if you look up luster this is what you will see - </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]882011[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>But that is not the kind of luster that we are talking about when talking about coins. </p><p><br /></p><p>And the 1 oz AGE that I posted, it had zero original mint luster left on it. There wasn't even any left in the protected areas like inside the closed sections of the letters. When I said zero luster, I really did mean zero original mint luster, as in absolutely none. It took 7 years of carrying that coin in my pocket with other coins and a pocket knife, every single day, with me fingering that coin, rubbing it, using it to flip with, having it land on the ground, sidewalks, dirty floors, asphalt, literally anywhere and everywhere - for it to get that way.</p><p><br /></p><p>The lighter areas that you see around some of the edges is nothing more than the ordinary reflection of light that you see on almost any object - and all objects reflect light. So in that regard all objects have luster, when luster is used in it's standard definition. If that coin were made of wood you'd still see the edges as being a lighter color in the pics because of the ordinary properties of light being reflected.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 3329194, member: 112"]To be honest Mike I kind of think you confuse the issue for some with your explanation. I know what you'e talking about, what you mean, and some others probably do too. But I'm not sure that everyone does. For example, if you look up luster this is what you will see - [ATTACH=full]882011[/ATTACH] But that is not the kind of luster that we are talking about when talking about coins. And the 1 oz AGE that I posted, it had zero original mint luster left on it. There wasn't even any left in the protected areas like inside the closed sections of the letters. When I said zero luster, I really did mean zero original mint luster, as in absolutely none. It took 7 years of carrying that coin in my pocket with other coins and a pocket knife, every single day, with me fingering that coin, rubbing it, using it to flip with, having it land on the ground, sidewalks, dirty floors, asphalt, literally anywhere and everywhere - for it to get that way. The lighter areas that you see around some of the edges is nothing more than the ordinary reflection of light that you see on almost any object - and all objects reflect light. So in that regard all objects have luster, when luster is used in it's standard definition. If that coin were made of wood you'd still see the edges as being a lighter color in the pics because of the ordinary properties of light being reflected.[/QUOTE]
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