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Message:: [QUOTE="bhp3rd, post: 823156, member: 16510"]You helped make my point for me - ""And if it is dark enough you won't even see the table"" - until you run into it.You would have to agree if you can't even see the table how could you see if it was red???  You see when you bump into it and fell it, feel being the operative word you can then maybe tell that it's a table but you cannot tell if it's a red. I guess we just ""see"" things differently but it's not possible to discuss "luster" with without talking about light.  That plus luster is light and all color is a product of light.  Without a light source they are a "non" issue.Luster (or the color red) can have the ability to exist but are not reality until there is light.How in the world can anyone say "I see luster on a coin" if you can't see if there is luster/light - that statement is an anti-truth.  You can say that luster may be present under the coins layer's of whatever and if a very talented grader may tell if that is so, he can see some luster, again because of light back at him. You asked "if all coins newly minted have luster"?  I gave you the answer which is "yes"!.  You then asked, "if 100 years old and uncleaned would time alone diminsh luster and I answered" , yes and told you some factors why.If you are shell shy regarding people expanding on thier answers and giving you more information about a subject than you think you asked for well, welcome to CoinTalk.[/QUOTE]