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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Catbert, post: 690082, member: 12718&quot;]I&#039;d like to add to this thread and help define &quot;eye appeal&quot; since that is an important element when spending one&#039;s money.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bowers wrote:&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><i>&quot;In an earlier column, in the Feb. 5 issue, Bowers provides some questions to ask about a coin to determine its eye appeal. “Is the coin richly lustrous, or is it grainy or ‘greasy’ in appearance? Are there stains or spots? Is it dull gray, brown or even black? In a word, is it beautiful? Does it beckon, saying to you, ‘Buy me!’ ”&quot;</i>&nbsp; <a href="http://tinyurl.com/mwr3ah" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://tinyurl.com/mwr3ah" rel="nofollow">http://tinyurl.com/mwr3ah</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Back to Doug Winter, he says eye appeal is an &quot;all encompassing&quot; combination of key factors (being strong in one area and perhaps good in another) used in grading - Strike, Surface Preservation, Luster, and Coloration.&nbsp; I found his article to be very complete and informative.</p><p><a href="http://www.coinresource.com/articles/coin_grading_criteria.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinresource.com/articles/coin_grading_criteria.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinresource.com/articles/coin_grading_criteria.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Having quoted all of the above, I do not pretend to have achieved these concepts in all the coins I own.&nbsp; It is, however, what I am striving to achieve as I gain more experience in the hobby.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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