Is "Cameo" a recognised grade/variety ?

[Rob]

10 minutes ago, Peckris said:

Perhaps the difference is:

"cameo" - an effect of proof striking that sometimes comes across and sometimes doesn't 

"frosting" - a deliberate preparation that always causes a crystalline effect on raised design as opposed to the mirror fields?

Or perhaps "cameo" is simply the American term for "frosting"?

I think they are trying another way to market slabs as the desirable way forward by 'assessing' beauty (which will always be in the eye of the beholder). Why else would a grading company which purports to assess the grade strictly on the degree of wear then give an aesthetic attribution - something they allegedly were trying to eliminate when getting the slab concept off the ground?

As far as a grading company is concerned, they should be consistently assessing the level of wear and the catalogued attribution. Everything else is irrelevant. Proof or not should be noted, but not prooflike. If cameo is used, then, Washer 01 should be an equally valid attributed grade, but I suppose they already have that with their M(ostly) S(mooth) designation.

[VickySilver]

LOL  Well, they have P01, or AG1 for poor 1 by recollection. Cameo and deep cameo have designation in that there should be newsprint reflected from 6 and 9 inches, respectively.

[Rob]

6 hours ago, VickySilver said:

LOL  Well, they have P01, or AG1 for poor 1 by recollection. Cameo and deep cameo have designation in that there should be newsprint reflected from 6 and 9 inches, respectively.

In which case, the cameo designation does not take into consideration the level of frosting, as what they are effectively trying to measure is the degree of polishing done to the fields and/or the grit side of the abrasive used? Presumably therefore, even a coin with non-frosted features should qualify for cameo or deep cameo status if the newsprint test is met?

Anyone expand on that?

[VickySilver]

Oops, that was a late night ERROR. Don't know what I was thinking of, as those are the designations for Prooflke and Deep Mirror Prooflike.

 

I think light cameo is Cam[eo] and more heavily frosted is Deep Cam[eo].

Sorry!