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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kaparthy, post: 103812, member: 57463&quot;]<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, &quot;satin&quot; only applies to gold.&nbsp; I know that some people use it to mean &quot;looking like satin&quot; -- 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.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Uncirculated coins may or may be satin or matte.&nbsp; Satin and Matte refer to the entire surface, the devices as well as the fields.&nbsp; Obviously, a coin with a mirror field and frosty devices cannot be &quot;matte.&quot;&nbsp; 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 &quot;satin&quot; and &quot;mirror&quot; but &quot;matte&quot; and &quot;satin&quot; 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>.&nbsp; Though -- again, technically -- a business strike from 1910 that looked satiny could also be &quot;prooflike.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>All of this is in the ANA Grading Guide.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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