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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ToughCOINS, post: 7292607, member: 20480&quot;]Some coins exhibit a halo of more intense luster in the peripheral fields than others.&nbsp; While I have not seen a definitive explanation, I personally believe it to be attributable to excessive basining and / or improper hardening of the dies.</p><p><br /></p><p>Cause aside, I know from experience that this halo effect is a common trait of many 1881 half eagles.&nbsp; On all of the 1881 half eagles above the luster rings the coin uniformly, exposing true wear on the stars, date and characters of the legends, and abruptly and consistently disappears from the fields in the photos and, rather than being evidence of cleaning, is evidence to the contrary.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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