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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;phankins11, post: 2434992, member: 70703&quot;]I&#039;m confused by the OP all together...Which coin are you asking about? Or do you just want a name for a proof coin that has cartwheel luster?</p><p><br /></p><p>The top coin, depicting both obverse and reverse, is, in deed, a business Strike Type-B Washington Quarter.</p><p><br /></p><p>Pardon me if I&#039;m being pedantic here, but I feel the need to think it out loud like Insider.</p><p><br /></p><p>The term &quot;mint luster&quot; on BU, business strike coins is in fact synonymous with</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Which is synonymous with cartwheel luster. IMO there&#039;s a sweet spot which is in the middle of the life of the die where mint luster is the best looking, most eye appealing.</p><p><br /></p><p>Its not from the early state, when the fields are smoother and less disturbed...before the repetitive metal flow from minting has worn flow lines deep into the die. But its not LDS either, where the devices and letters are all mush and the surface looks like a glacier filed from space.</p><p><br /></p><p>All BU business strike coins will exhibit mint luster to some degree, but when you find one from this &quot;sweet spot&quot; it seems to bring the coin to life. I digres...</p><p><br /></p><p>Point being, a proof coin that would exhibit any type of mint luster (as defined by the synonyms above), cartwheel luster, to me is a proof which was struck with VLDS proof dies, which to me, which is&nbsp; a very personal opinion, is somewhat of an impaired proof coin. If I&#039;m looking for a nice proof, I don&#039;t want business strike like surfaces...I want deeeeeep smooth mirrored look to the fields and a cameo to the devices. I like it when the the devices look like they are floating in a&nbsp; pool of shallow liquid metal. Again just a personal preference.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;*VERY* common. You will find it on a majority of the proofs in some regard. I&#039;m talking Washigntons specifically.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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