"Blast White"

"Mike Marotta" wrote in message
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On Dec 26 2009, 9:56 pm, "Petronius" wrote:
The term "Blast White" has become so over/misused on eBay so as to become
almost
meaningless.
Not that the term makes much sense anyway!

One of the serious numismatic dealers I know happened to mention a few
years back that his interest was in "blast white" coins. I like him,
so I nodded and noted, and said nothing, but in my head, I was
wondering what that does for the JeweLuster business."

It takes some experience - and yes, foolies are everywhere - but for
myself, I like natural surfaces... whatever that might mean...
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I kinda like the term, myself. To me it accurately describes the bursts of
reflected light from the surface of a freshly minted silver coin as it is
tilted in several directions. I don't doubt that the term is overused and
abused on eBay and in dealer ads, as are most other terms that have been
traditionally attached to uncirculated coins.

"Bruce Remick" wrote in message
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"Mike Marotta" wrote in message
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On Dec 26 2009, 9:56 pm, "Petronius" wrote:
The term "Blast White" has become so over/misused on eBay so as to become
almost
meaningless.
Not that the term makes much sense anyway!

One of the serious numismatic dealers I know happened to mention a few
years back that his interest was in "blast white" coins. I like him,
so I nodded and noted, and said nothing, but in my head, I was
wondering what that does for the JeweLuster business."

It takes some experience - and yes, foolies are everywhere - but for
myself, I like natural surfaces... whatever that might mean...
==================

I kinda like the term, myself. To me it accurately describes the bursts
of reflected light from the surface of a freshly minted silver coin as it
is tilted in several directions. I don't doubt that the term is overused
and abused on eBay and in dealer ads, as are most other terms that have
been traditionally attached to uncirculated coins.

I've always taken it two ways. The coin presents a visual blast of
generally uniform matte white reflection over every part of its surface; and
more whimsically, as a reference by analogy to a surface that has been
sandblasted to a matte finish.

On Jan 3, 8:52�pm, "mazorj" wrote:
"Bruce Remick" wrote in message

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"Mike Marotta" wrote in message
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On Dec 26 2009, 9:56 pm, "Petronius" wrote:
The term "Blast White" has become so over/misused on eBay so as to become
almost
meaningless.
Not that the term makes much sense anyway!

One of the serious numismatic dealers I know happened to mention a few
years back that his interest was in "blast white" coins. �I like him,
so I nodded and noted, and said nothing, but in my head, I was
wondering what that does for the JeweLuster business."

It takes some experience - and yes, foolies are everywhere - but for
myself, I like natural surfaces... whatever that might mean...
==================

I kinda like the term, myself. �To me it accurately describes the bursts
of reflected light from the surface of a freshly minted silver coin as it
is tilted in several directions. �I don't doubt that the term is overused
and abused on eBay and in dealer ads, as are most other terms that have
been traditionally attached to uncirculated coins.

I've always taken it two ways. �The coin presents a visual blast of
generally uniform matte white reflection over every part of its surface; and
more whimsically, as a reference by analogy to a surface that has been
sandblasted to a matte finish.- Hide quoted text -

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I've always equated it with a AU/BU merc dime..

On Jan 8, 5:42�pm, Lucky wrote:
On Jan 3, 8:52 pm, "mazorj" wrote:





"Bruce Remick" wrote in message

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"Mike Marotta" wrote in message
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On Dec 26 2009, 9:56 pm, "Petronius" wrote:
The term "Blast White" has become so over/misused on eBay so as to become
almost
meaningless.
Not that the term makes much sense anyway!

One of the serious numismatic dealers I know happened to mention a few
years back that his interest was in "blast white" coins. I like him,
so I nodded and noted, and said nothing, but in my head, I was
wondering what that does for the JeweLuster business."

It takes some experience - and yes, foolies are everywhere - but for
myself, I like natural surfaces... whatever that might mean...
==================

I kinda like the term, myself. To me it accurately describes the bursts
of reflected light from the surface of a freshly minted silver coin as it
is tilted in several directions. I don't doubt that the term is overused
and abused on eBay and in dealer ads, as are most other terms that have
been traditionally attached to uncirculated coins.

I've always taken it two ways. The coin presents a visual blast of
generally uniform matte white reflection over every part of its surface; and
more whimsically, as a reference by analogy to a surface that has been
sandblasted to a matte finish.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I've always equated it with a AU/BU merc dime..- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I guess"blast white" could mean any silver or silver toned coin
though. It equates GEM/BU if THAT is even a real classification

On Dec 27 2009, 11:31�am, Michael Benveniste
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On Sat, 26 Dec 2009 21:14:34 -0600, Mr. Jaggers wrote:
I reckon we could build a considerably lengthy lexicon of numismatic
jargon that has become meaningless through overuse.

James the Guaranteed Unsearched

"Old cleaning..."

Old cleaning/new cleaning..it's pretty easy to spot a cleaned coin

On Dec 28 2009, 1:35*pm, Relayer wrote:
On Dec 27, 6:59 pm, "Bruce Remick" wrote:

"Michael Benveniste" wrote in message

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On Sat, 26 Dec 2009 21:14:34 -0600, Mr. Jaggers wrote:
I reckon we could build a considerably lengthy lexicon of numismatic
jargon that has become meaningless through overuse.

James the Guaranteed Unsearched

"Old cleaning..."

.........great addition to anyone's collection..........

"Old Money" or "Antique Money"

"Estate Coin"

"Reality" wrote in message
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On Dec 28 2009, 1:35 pm, Relayer wrote:
On Dec 27, 6:59 pm, "Bruce Remick" wrote:

"Michael Benveniste" wrote in message

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On Sat, 26 Dec 2009 21:14:34 -0600, Mr. Jaggers wrote:
I reckon we could build a considerably lengthy lexicon of numismatic
jargon that has become meaningless through overuse.

James the Guaranteed Unsearched

"Old cleaning..."

.........great addition to anyone's collection..........

"Old Money" or "Antique Money"

"Estate Coin"

Those last three, while meaningless, go to provenance, not condition. The
one that always torques me off is the phony, meaningless disclaimer.

"I'm not a collector so I don't know anything about these things, but (in my
opinion) (I've been told that) this coin would be graded as an MS-69 or
MS-70, whatever that means."

Yeah, right. The seller has explicitly connected the coin with TPG grading
levels MS-69 and MS-70. No amount of, or types of disclaimers can unmake
that rotten omelet.

Meaningless phrases about provenance are intended to add cachet. It's more
or less harmless, like touting a laundry soap as "New! Improved!"
Meaningless disavowals of false information about the condition are the
equivalent of fraud and ought to be a hanging offense.