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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;physics-fan3.14, post: 2566771, member: 19165&quot;]I know very little about these, but I don&#039;t see anything in those pictures that makes it look fake (the slab looks good, too).</p><p><br /></p><p>The grainy surfaces you see could be from either of two effects - without bigger pictures, I&#039;m not sure which:</p><p><br /></p><p>1. It could be an artifact of the lighting/photography/compression technique used. I&#039;ve seen a similar look with some low-quality photo editing tools.</p><p><br /></p><p>2. More likely, it is from a later die state. When the die is worn, it sometimes develops grainy surfaces like this. It is fairly common, especially if they were stretching die life to get the most out of them. You can see a similar effect on this US quarter. I&#039;m nearly positive this is what you are seeing. I don&#039;t find the look attractive, and would probably reduce the value for it (given that it is a mint-made effect, it doesn&#039;t really hurt the grade): [ATTACH=full]554623[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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