orange-peel surfaces The dimple-textured fields seen on many Proof gold coins; their surfaces resemble those of an orange, hence the descriptive term. Some Mint State gold dollars and three-dollar gold coins exhibit this effect to some degree.
Orange-peel surfaces
Dimpled fields seen on many Proof gold coins, and some Mint State gold dollars and $3 gold coins.
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Lustrous orange-peel surfaces. A pleasing example of this exceedingly popular date I 1878 AU-50, polished I 1884 MS-60. Brilliant and lustrous.
 See also: Surfaces, Struck, Marks, Mintmark, Mint state
  
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