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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2649024, member: 24314&quot;]I asked this question above:</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Could you be more clear about the color of the surface?&nbsp; Let&#039;s leave the Capped Bust Half dollar out of it as all the colors seem to have confused the issue I raised above:&nbsp; <span style="color: #b300b3">&quot;On unmolested coins, the protected areas will be <b>darker</b>.&quot;</span></p><p><br /></p><p>Again, wear changes the color of a natural surface that over time has become dark - often shades of gray.&nbsp; In my limited experience, far below yours, when a naturally dark silver coin becomes worn, the gray surface becomes lighter; yet stays dark (darker) in the protected areas.&nbsp; Thus, my <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie30" alt=":bucktooth:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> experience is directly opposite yours <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie26" alt=":bookworm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.&nbsp; Please help!&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #0000b3">Thanks for getting me to think it out.&nbsp; If a coin is dirty or darkly toned, any original surface where the dirt or toning did not reach (protected area) may have some remaining luster that will make that part of the coin, next to the relief,</span> <b><span style="color: #b300b3">lighter.</span></b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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