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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;toned_morgan, post: 3441445, member: 97258&quot;]Ok, so the reason why it seems so shiny and good is because it has been cleaned. Cleaning any coin is a sin because it interferes with the lines of luster. </p><p><br /></p><p>Basically, luster is created when the molten metal spreads out from the center to the edges of the mold when the mint is making the planchet for the coin. As it does that, the metal forms lines all going from the center to the outside. When the light hits these minuscule &quot;valleys&quot; at certain angles, it seems too shine. The way it looks like it is shining is because the angle of the valley where the light hits is just the right angle to reflect into your eyes and look nice. </p><p><br /></p><p>Now when you clean a coin, it usually creates tiny microscopic scratches similar to the valleys made for luster. so when you clean a high grade coin with luster, the natural valleys are cut up and roughed up, so it messes with the angles of reflection of light, which screws up the beauty of the luster. If the coin is low grade with no luster, it creates valleys in one direction, which makes the &quot;luster&quot; look very faded and glossy. Your coin unfortunately is worth no more than 1 cent.</p><p><br /></p><p>I hope this helped.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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