I am not arguinbg the point by any means, I am trying to learn. Some of the
Dryer Coins at the link I posted before had a decent amount of luster. Some still hint at it, but all the ones in the link were also stored in a "junk" cup in a garage since the 50-60s. They were given no special love. When my grandfather was repairing the machines for his business and found them, he would toss them into a cup on his garage workbench. Over the years he amassed quite a few.
This also was literally, as the crow flies, 2.5-3 miles from the southern shore of Lake Erie in the Lake Erie Snow Belt region of PA. Thus humidity (Canada winds always blow down across the lake in to the region) was always a concern when storing coins. Even in winter the air has a lot of water in it and makes the cold bite right to the bone. SO these were exposed year around to those conditions.
Again, I am just offering this up as to why its possible that some of mine retained details, but do not have a high luster. I don't doubt there is some other way a rim could be made to look like the one on this dime and am simply wondering if there is a definitive way to tell. I know Mike would be the one who would know and help me understand it.
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