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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;WingedLiberty, post: 1018358, member: 26030&quot;]<b>Thanks Lead!</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Here was more info that 900Fine sent me about&nbsp; the coin ... (I hope he doesnt mind that i posted it -- but i think it&#039;s&nbsp; interesting)</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b></b>I&nbsp; have a marvelous 1833 NGC MS61 with lots of luster. I&nbsp; gotta be honest&nbsp; with you - it also has a few luster breaks which makes&nbsp; me think it&#039;s&nbsp; really more like an AU58. But as we&#039;ve heard many times, a&nbsp; solid AU is a&nbsp; better looking coin than an MS61. I think NGC market&nbsp; graded this one up&nbsp; due to exceptional eye appeal.&nbsp; </p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><a href="http://www.cointalk.private.php/?do=showpm&amp;pmid=327678#ixzz12qFpzZO5" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.private.php/?do=showpm&amp;pmid=327678#ixzz12qFpzZO5" rel="nofollow"><br /></a></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><a href="http://www.cointalk.private.php/?do=showpm&amp;pmid=327678#ixzz12qFpzZO5" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.private.php/?do=showpm&amp;pmid=327678#ixzz12qFpzZO5" rel="nofollow"><br /></a></span></p><p><br /></p><p>It looks kind of frosty in the photo, but has more cartwheel in hand.<b></b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Luster breaks</b>: </p><p><br /></p><p>OBVERSE - look above the eye and beneatth the letteres L, B, R, and Y in LIBERTY. One observes small areas of a <b>steel grey color</b>, quite different from the overall color of the coin. </p><p><br /></p><p>REVERSE - Look above the H in HALF and beneath the O in OF. Draw a line&nbsp; from the letter M to the center; look where that line crosses the leaf.</p><p><br /></p><p>Those luster breaks are probably &quot;album wear&quot;. They don&#039;t look like&nbsp; circulation rub, which is more generalized and spread across the surface&nbsp; of the coin (especially the cheek). Album Wear occurs when someone puts&nbsp; it into the type of album which has a thin, clear plastic slide on&nbsp; obverse and reverse sides; every time they open and close those slides&nbsp; it rubs on the very highest parts of the coin. Thus, even an&nbsp; uncirculated coin gets rub, but it looks different from circulation&nbsp; wear.</p><p><br /></p><p>One more reason I don&#039;t think those breaks are circulation wear - they&nbsp; are too small, too localized, and don&#039;t affect the letters. Circulation&nbsp; rub covers much more of the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>For similar reasons, many coins (not this one) get big fingerprints,&nbsp; even on uncirculated or proof coins. Someone wedged it into an album&nbsp; (which violates Rule Number One of handling coins - touch &#039;em only by&nbsp; the edges.)</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Colors</b>: </p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, they are the same as in the photo. Yes, you are wise to ask&nbsp; questions about digital enhancement and special lighting. No tricks&nbsp; here; we use Ott lights with the camera white-balanced to that light.&nbsp; Zero photoshop enhancement.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://mindstar.com/1833.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://mindstar.com/1833.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>[FONT=&amp;quot]</b></p><p><b>[/FONT]</b>[FONT=&amp;quot]</p><p>&nbsp;[/FONT][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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