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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GoldFinger1969, post: 26724459, member: 73489&quot;]Beginning with PF&#039;s OP on luster and the great posts by others including Insider, I thought this thread deserved a bump.</p><p><b><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: #0000ff">Beyond that, I am admiring the luster on the twin MS-63 CACs I got at FUN 2026:&nbsp; an 1898-S Liberty Head DE and an 1923 Saint-Gaudens DE. </span></b> The coins sit on my desk about 18&quot; to my left at about 10 PM directionally....a Green Bankers Shade light is about 6-8&quot; off to the coins at about 7 PM directionally.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1706290[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: #ff8000">Obverse or reverse, the coins are giving off a bright orange glow. </span></b> I keep thinking back to Roger Burdette&#039;s explanation of luster which was so iluminating.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m still looking at and admiring the coins almost 2 months after I purchased them...admiring the luster...wondering about where they might have been in the 125+ and 103+ years since they were struck.</p><p><br /></p><p>There&#039;s so much history behind these particular coins; I hope those of you appreciate that history in YOUR coins, whatever type they may be. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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