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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 3335191, member: 112"]I think to really make sense of this we have to look at pictures of both the coins involved side by side. So here's the one in this thread - call it A</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/10c-1941-s-full-01-gif.883287/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>And here's the one from the other thread - call it B</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/10c-1939-02-full-01-gif.882776/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The simple answer, the luster of A has a more satiny appearance than B because the luster on A is somewhat subdued. </p><p><br /></p><p>So why is the luster more subdued on A ? From what I can see it's because A has a weaker strike than B, and that much at least is partially explained because A was struck with misaligned dies, evidence of which is plainly seen on the rims of A on both the obv and rev. And, a strike with misaligned dies means the coin was struck with less pressure, and that results in less, or subdued luster.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 3335191, member: 112"]I think to really make sense of this we have to look at pictures of both the coins involved side by side. So here's the one in this thread - call it A [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/10c-1941-s-full-01-gif.883287/[/IMG] And here's the one from the other thread - call it B [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/10c-1939-02-full-01-gif.882776/[/IMG] The simple answer, the luster of A has a more satiny appearance than B because the luster on A is somewhat subdued. So why is the luster more subdued on A ? From what I can see it's because A has a weaker strike than B, and that much at least is partially explained because A was struck with misaligned dies, evidence of which is plainly seen on the rims of A on both the obv and rev. And, a strike with misaligned dies means the coin was struck with less pressure, and that results in less, or subdued luster.[/QUOTE]
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