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<p>[QUOTE="kaparthy, post: 103812, member: 57463"]<b>Lack of a Reply is Not an Answer</b></p><p><br /></p><p>They are <u>not</u> the same.</p><p><br /></p><p>For one thing, "satin" only applies to gold. I know that some people use it to mean "looking like satin" -- what a surprise!<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> -- and apply to descriptions of silver coins. </p><p><br /></p><p>Uncirculated coins may or may be satin or matte. Satin and Matte refer to the entire surface, the devices as well as the fields. Obviously, a coin with a mirror field and frosty devices cannot be "matte." Also -- again technically -- matte refers to a process of the Paris Mint, used in the USA before World War I.</p><p><br /></p><p>Technicalities aside, you cannot confuse "satin" and "mirror" but "matte" and "satin" might mean the same thing to a seller who does not know the difference.</p><p><br /></p><p>Generally speaking<u> prooflike</u> means <b>mirror fields and frosty devices</b>. Though -- again, technically -- a business strike from 1910 that looked satiny could also be "prooflike."</p><p><br /></p><p>All of this is in the ANA Grading Guide.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="kaparthy, post: 103812, member: 57463"][b]Lack of a Reply is Not an Answer[/b] They are [U]not[/U] the same. For one thing, "satin" only applies to gold. I know that some people use it to mean "looking like satin" -- what a surprise!:) -- and apply to descriptions of silver coins. Uncirculated coins may or may be satin or matte. Satin and Matte refer to the entire surface, the devices as well as the fields. Obviously, a coin with a mirror field and frosty devices cannot be "matte." Also -- again technically -- matte refers to a process of the Paris Mint, used in the USA before World War I. Technicalities aside, you cannot confuse "satin" and "mirror" but "matte" and "satin" might mean the same thing to a seller who does not know the difference. Generally speaking[U] prooflike[/U] means [B]mirror fields and frosty devices[/B]. Though -- again, technically -- a business strike from 1910 that looked satiny could also be "prooflike." All of this is in the ANA Grading Guide.[/QUOTE]
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