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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 1098288, member: 112&quot;]No, not if it was harshly cleaned. But shiny does not equal luster. Shiny can easily be achieved by polishing a coin that has zero luster.</p><p><br /></p><p>That said, I see no signs of luster in your pics, but that can be because of the pics. But you said you bought the coin at a farmer&#039;s market - one of the places that are notorious for selling problem coins. That just adds to the likelihood that the coin actually is a problem coin. And polishing would wipe out most traces of harsh cleaning as well. So that might be why you say the coins lokks different than other harshly cleaned coins you have seen.</p><p><br /></p><p>I guess what I don&#039;t know Tompkins is if you have the experience to distinguish a coin with mint luster from a coin that has been polished. Many a collector has been fooled by polished coins or even whizzed coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now you may well have the experience, so I am not trying to be insulting or disrespectful. I am saying that I don&#039;t know you or what your experience level is - that&#039;s all.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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