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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lehigh96, post: 3667191, member: 15309&quot;]There are plenty of lustrous, well struck coins with clean surfaces and butt ugly toning.&nbsp; The fact that the example shown above has terminal state toning at the peripheries is immaterial to the discussion.&nbsp; If you want to consider the ugly duckling shown above a problem coin for environmental damage, then you must also consider this coin a problem coin as well.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/H11iWbd.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>But even here, there is a huge difference in eye appeal between the two coins.&nbsp; I submit to you that if you want to find the types of coins that I am talking about, search some auction archives and look for the phrase &quot;wholly original,&quot; that is the coin cataloger code for &quot;FUGLY&quot;!&nbsp; My original point still stands, that excellent strike, luster, and surface preservation don&#039;t guarantee excellent eye appeal.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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