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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;geekpryde, post: 25621154, member: 36248&quot;]Is does in fact have some nice sparkly luster around the stars, and more of less throughout the fields and devices, but I sure cannot capture it in a photo.&nbsp; &nbsp; I even tried video and still failed, although I will try again with a proper camera (not my phone).</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, the coin has this pleasing light battleship grey color, if you can imagine it not stripped of luster and monotone.&nbsp;&nbsp; So, the posted photos look accurate in terms of color, but they are not accurate in terms of how flat they look compared to the coin in hand.&nbsp; &nbsp; I just cannot capture the small silver luster bits in a photo.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I really liked this coin, and could &quot;imagine&quot; when I was bidding that it was not totally stripped, and I was very happy when I received it in the mail.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think Doug told me once that this &quot;50 cents&quot; varieties largely have a lack of luster in the AU grades, maybe he was talking about the reeded edge in general.</p><p><br /></p><p>I paid significantly under PCGS retail for this coin, so I was even happy with the price.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; I had given up on finding a CAC approved example, as I was always blow right out of the water.&nbsp; &nbsp; So this was my chance to buy and submit myself.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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