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<p>[QUOTE="xtrmbrdr, post: 623852, member: 17193"]I wanted to nominate this post in my original thread but didn't want the nomination to go to me. Anyway, I see the difference between pics 1 and 3, and 2 and 3; however, I don't see much, if any difference between pics 1 and 2. I know.....it's the beginner in me! When I think of cartwheel luster I can see it as I rotate the coin on two axes, both vertical and horizontal.</p><p> </p><p>I'm going to "try" and illustrate what I want to convey with the standard keys on a computer keyboard. When I think of cartwheel luster, I think of something like this (looking horizontal where c equals the center of the coin)>c<, what you describe as polished flow lines running from the fields through the devices and back into the opposite field or edge, would look like this =c=?</p><p> </p><p>What I typically notice is a 'flat' (kind of, all over the coin, and maybe in parallel lines across the entire diameter of the coin, not emitting from the center of the radius) consistent luster, no cartwheel. There is "shininess" across the entire face of the coin, but no noticeable cartwheel. Is this always an indication of a polished coin?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="xtrmbrdr, post: 623852, member: 17193"]I wanted to nominate this post in my original thread but didn't want the nomination to go to me. Anyway, I see the difference between pics 1 and 3, and 2 and 3; however, I don't see much, if any difference between pics 1 and 2. I know.....it's the beginner in me! When I think of cartwheel luster I can see it as I rotate the coin on two axes, both vertical and horizontal. I'm going to "try" and illustrate what I want to convey with the standard keys on a computer keyboard. When I think of cartwheel luster, I think of something like this (looking horizontal where c equals the center of the coin)>c<, what you describe as polished flow lines running from the fields through the devices and back into the opposite field or edge, would look like this =c=? What I typically notice is a 'flat' (kind of, all over the coin, and maybe in parallel lines across the entire diameter of the coin, not emitting from the center of the radius) consistent luster, no cartwheel. There is "shininess" across the entire face of the coin, but no noticeable cartwheel. Is this always an indication of a polished coin?[/QUOTE]
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