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A tribute to luster

BladeBlade Posts: 1,744 ✭
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In my other thread, it seems several other people are also fans of booming, halogen headlight, blow-your-mind-luster. Let's see some pics of coins that will melt you monitor...

Purchased this week - 1883 NC 5c PCGS MS65PQ (Luster of a 66)

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Another big luster favorite - my 1907 Saint in 63...

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Edited to post a bigger pic of my Saint image
Tom

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  • RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭
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    Now both graded PCGS MS66.

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  • RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭
    And a cool commem I picked up at a show recently:

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  • BladeBlade Posts: 1,744 ✭
    Russ,
    SWEEEEEET Stone Mountain.
    Tom

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  • Prometheus183Prometheus183 Posts: 385
    Russ, is that fungus I see growing on the back of the head?

    Very nice image
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  • nederveitnederveit Posts: 1,038 ✭✭✭
    How would you define luster to a newbie? I can read the definition, but I think experience counts for a lot more there...image
  • nankrautnankraut Posts: 4,565 ✭✭✭
    Russ: JFK would be proud of you, man.image
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  • BladeBlade Posts: 1,744 ✭
    nederveit,
    Frosty surfaces that spin cartwheels when tilted against the light. Really great coins will just drip it. I saw a coin in a Bowers auction once that would hav graded MS64+, but the luster was so incredible that NGC graded it MS67! Wish I had kept a pic.
    Tom

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  • mgoodm3mgoodm3 Posts: 17,497 ✭✭✭
    Two of my nicest

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  • BladeBlade Posts: 1,744 ✭
    mgood,
    Those 38-D's have some awesome luster. I've got a few of those myself. Nice "peach fuzz" on that 09-VDB.
    Tom

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  • EvilMCTEvilMCT Posts: 799 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I saw a coin in a Bowers auction once that would hav graded MS64+, but the luster was so incredible that NGC graded it MS67! >>



    Um, doesn't this seem wrong to you? If the coin is a technical 64 should it get a 3 point bump for luster? Seems like this is where their star designation should come in. Or, maybe a point increase, but 3 grades higher? This is why I stay away from the high end slabbed stuff. They throw the standards out the window for eye appeal and forget about technical merits. On the other hand, maybe I'm just too picky.image

    Ken
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  • baccarudabaccaruda Posts: 2,588 ✭✭
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  • BladeBlade Posts: 1,744 ✭
    Ken,
    Exactly right. Dave Bowers wrote the decription and was baffled by the grade. He said it was a "technical 65 or perhaps 64" but also said that it had the best luster of any seated half he had seen. Now THAT is saying something. Also, this was before NGC had the star designation.

    The coin sold at just below MS66 price, so the condition was factored into the bids.
    Tom

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  • CarlWohlforthCarlWohlforth Posts: 11,074 ✭
    Nice coins gang! I'm a big fan of luster.
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  • jomjom Posts: 3,441 ✭✭✭✭✭
    How about a Lincoln and an Indian?

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    jom
  • cohodkcohodk Posts: 19,075 ✭✭✭✭✭
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  • baccarudabaccaruda Posts: 2,588 ✭✭
    That's one sexy Indian, cohodk. Welcome.
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  • baccarudabaccaruda Posts: 2,588 ✭✭
    jom - that Lincoln is hot. That's some serious eye appeal.
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  • FC57CoinsFC57Coins Posts: 9,140 ✭
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  • ANACONDAANACONDA Posts: 4,692 ✭
    Luster is one very difficult thing to capture photographically. You almost have to give up on the other things (true color, marks, etc.) to capture the luster.
  • mgoodm3mgoodm3 Posts: 17,497 ✭✭✭
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  • airplanenutairplanenut Posts: 22,142 ✭✭✭✭✭
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  • BladeBlade Posts: 1,744 ✭
    Jeremy,
    Great pic - keep that up and your photo bus will really take off.
    Tom

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  • ClankeyeClankeye Posts: 3,928 ✭
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