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<p>[QUOTE="geekpryde, post: 4115413, member: 36248"]Okay, well maybe Luster was on overreach. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Implied luster in the protected areas highlighted by the shift in color and texture. But if you are not seeing the color change, the large areas of clearly stripped and worn from light circulation, it may not be your eyes. It may be your monitor. I have a very large color calibrated professional monitor. To me, the OP's photos show a clear color change between my example areas.</p><p><br /></p><p>So maybe check your eyes AND your monitor. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie85" alt=":smuggrin:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Let me try again, see if this helps. (keep in mind, go back to the original blown up photos).</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>BOX1</b> has clear, obvious wear, stripped luster, specific lighter color, uneven texture.</p><p><b>BOX2</b> transitional area. See the speckling, lighter and darkers shades of gold?</p><p><b>BOX3 </b>now we are into a protected area, less obvious wear. Less speckling. Color change vs Box1. (Ignore the LI in the Legend, I'm describing the fields). Less black smudgy marks, for example compared to the area around the Rays.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sort of average the color in each boxed in area. Can you see how average color of box 1 is clearly different than Box3?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1067696[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This is just one area of the coin I am using as an example. Now look at the broader coin, do you see areas where the color of gold changes, where the bulk of the wear is?</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>In terms of Luster, look at the Stars. Check out maybe the "BE" in Liberty. Seems to be Luster there, correct? Now compare the Luster/Look/Color of the stars, to say the center of the fields above the rays. Even though the overall photo here is muted, I think you can pick up hints of luster and compare them to areas that are totally devoid of the signs.</p><p><br /></p><p>I hope I am making sense, and not sounding like a stark raving lunatic from Maine.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="geekpryde, post: 4115413, member: 36248"]Okay, well maybe Luster was on overreach. ;) Implied luster in the protected areas highlighted by the shift in color and texture. But if you are not seeing the color change, the large areas of clearly stripped and worn from light circulation, it may not be your eyes. It may be your monitor. I have a very large color calibrated professional monitor. To me, the OP's photos show a clear color change between my example areas. So maybe check your eyes AND your monitor. :smuggrin: Let me try again, see if this helps. (keep in mind, go back to the original blown up photos). [B]BOX1[/B] has clear, obvious wear, stripped luster, specific lighter color, uneven texture. [B]BOX2[/B] transitional area. See the speckling, lighter and darkers shades of gold? [B]BOX3 [/B]now we are into a protected area, less obvious wear. Less speckling. Color change vs Box1. (Ignore the LI in the Legend, I'm describing the fields). Less black smudgy marks, for example compared to the area around the Rays. Sort of average the color in each boxed in area. Can you see how average color of box 1 is clearly different than Box3? [ATTACH=full]1067696[/ATTACH] This is just one area of the coin I am using as an example. Now look at the broader coin, do you see areas where the color of gold changes, where the bulk of the wear is? In terms of Luster, look at the Stars. Check out maybe the "BE" in Liberty. Seems to be Luster there, correct? Now compare the Luster/Look/Color of the stars, to say the center of the fields above the rays. Even though the overall photo here is muted, I think you can pick up hints of luster and compare them to areas that are totally devoid of the signs. I hope I am making sense, and not sounding like a stark raving lunatic from Maine.[/QUOTE]
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