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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jtlee321, post: 2542351, member: 73983&quot;]I really enjoy this.&nbsp; Insider you a very cool guy and are fun to debate back and forth with.&nbsp; Here is an image I just made to show how the &quot;luster&quot; from the original un-affected surface and the affected area with the striations is continuous and uninterrupted.&nbsp; It is more difficult to see and convey using an image, but under a strong loupe, it is plain as day.&nbsp; The &quot;luster&quot; in the striated areas is not just reflections on the metal.&nbsp; Luster is the microscopic ridges in the surface of a coin running from the center to the rims caused by the metal being squeezed by immense pressure and forced to flow from the center out to the rims.&nbsp; It&#039;s why an uncirculated coin has a cartwheel effect.&nbsp; I know you know this, and I want you to know that I know this.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m glad that [USER=75143]@hotwheelsearl[/USER] chimed in with the vinegar comments.&nbsp; As that is where I was going next.&nbsp; We have all seen what a dateless buffalo looks like that has had vinegar or nic-a-date applied to it to reveal a date.&nbsp; The area affected has a flat dull look compared to the surrounding area.&nbsp; One would expect that the affected area of the coin that is the subject of this post to have a dull nearly lifeless look to it had it been etched by acid or some other form of corrosive post strike.&nbsp; But that dull lifeless look is not present here.&nbsp; The peaks and valleys of the affected area have exactly the same qualities in the as do the surrounding un-affected surfaces.&nbsp; If you could examine this coin and move it around under high powered magnification, you would see that the &quot;luster&quot; is uninterrupted from at the transitional areas.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is the image to try to see what I see.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]544974[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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