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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2898083, member: 24314&quot;]I agree w/Beef who posted:&nbsp; &quot;An AU coin won&#039;t have the <i><b>full</b></i> [<i><span style="color: #ff0080">ORIGINAL MINT LUSTER</span></i>] luster like an MS coin would have.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>baseball21, posted: &quot;58s still could.&nbsp; The 58 grade today is a really nice coin that has a touch of rub.&quot;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Nope.&nbsp; An AU-58 is no longer Mint State.&nbsp; It may look MS, it may have more eye-appeal than many MS coins, and it may be priced higher than a true MS coin; but it is not a Mint State coin.&nbsp; Some confusion occurs because many folks consider the word &quot;luster&quot; to only apply to the original mint luster seen on coins with no friction.&nbsp; Areas of friction, unoriginality, and alteration on a coin&#039;s surface still reflect light (luster) - it just looks different than the reflected light (luster) from a natural surface.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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