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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 757894, member: 112&quot;]To a large degree yes, and to untrained eyes - 100% of the time.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, there is one weakness that putty has - it cannot duplicate the look of luster. So, if you were to take a coin and turn it in the light at just the right angles, putty can be identified because of the break in the luster it causes.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, and here is why puttied coins get past professional graders; a quick look, like that used in grading, is not going to identify putty the majority of the time. The color can be matched to the coin, the spot being puttied is typically very small, so unless one is looking very, very closely you are going to miss it. Even the best can miss it.</p><p><br /></p><p>But as I said above, it can be seen, if you take the time and the care to do it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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