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<p>[QUOTE="SuperDave, post: 2640616, member: 1892"]Well, assign the mention of a Cameo Proof to hyperbole, which is what it was. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I <b>have</b> a fair amount of experience with sandblasting - I used to create signs in all sorts of substrates with that technique - and finer sand compounds exist whose purpose in life is to just etch a matte finish onto polished metal (including aluminum, which is soft and very easily scratched especially when polished), and could result in exactly what's happened to this coin. I've done it. In fact, you might want to contemplate how they get that finish onto the Satin dies in the first place....</p><p><br /></p><p>Not that I think that's the cause; to me it's undoubtedly environmental degradation. The size of the pitting is far coarser than actual Satin coins are - PCGS CoinFacts has a couple really nice illustrations for comparison. Not_a_chance it came from the Mint like that. The <i>remote</i> possibility exists that it's a Satin finish coin which was then subject to environmental damage.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="SuperDave, post: 2640616, member: 1892"]Well, assign the mention of a Cameo Proof to hyperbole, which is what it was. :) I [B]have[/B] a fair amount of experience with sandblasting - I used to create signs in all sorts of substrates with that technique - and finer sand compounds exist whose purpose in life is to just etch a matte finish onto polished metal (including aluminum, which is soft and very easily scratched especially when polished), and could result in exactly what's happened to this coin. I've done it. In fact, you might want to contemplate how they get that finish onto the Satin dies in the first place.... Not that I think that's the cause; to me it's undoubtedly environmental degradation. The size of the pitting is far coarser than actual Satin coins are - PCGS CoinFacts has a couple really nice illustrations for comparison. Not_a_chance it came from the Mint like that. The [I]remote[/I] possibility exists that it's a Satin finish coin which was then subject to environmental damage.[/QUOTE]
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