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armjr New Member United States 32 Posts	Posted 09/03/2022 10:34 pm Back in the day, when we had none of this information sharing miracle of the 21st Century, we called a lot of error coins "Freaks". One such Freak was what we called "Frosted". The entire surface of the coin had a frosted appearance. I know some proof coins have this intentionally done to the high relief areas, but this was the whole coin and it was likely not intentional... ' Since I can't find anything concerning them, I'm guessing they were discounted as post minting damage. There were other "Freaks" too... but I'll start with this one. I posted this in the error section because I figured it fit here better than the open discussion board. Alan Report this Post to the Staff

lawest Pillar of the Community United States 1998 Posts	Posted 09/03/2022 10:58 pm Can you post a photo ple ASE Report this Post to the Staff
armjr New Member United States 32 Posts	Posted 09/03/2022 11:53 pm As I was posting this, "errorluvr" posted a thread with a coin with a satin finish. http://goccf.com/t/430213 That coin essentially had the finish I was asking about and an explanation was given. I did run up on a 1938-D Jefferson nickel as I was wading through my collection of 50 years ago. I'll see if I can find it and post a picture of it. Alan Report this Post to the Staff
John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 09/04/2022 09:57 am The mint also minted some matte finish coins. John1 Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 09/04/2022 3:14 pm There are proper terms coin collectors use, than non collectors miss use. (Kind of a 'Coin Slang' that the sellers use to try to pass something off on the rubes) Report this Post to the Staff
armjr New Member United States 32 Posts	Posted 09/04/2022 8:43 pm In the early to mid sixties a kid and his grandfather, not having much access to expert terminology, just called them frosted because of the way they looked... Alan Report this Post to the Staff
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