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Valued Member
 United States
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Thanks to everyone who has already weighed in, I agree the pictures make it look like it's been dipped dull but in hand it has some luster, not great but not as bad as the pics would lead you to believe. I'll take a few more here shortly and see if I can get a more natural look to the surface.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The luster is going to make or break this coin. Like panzaldi said, it is a weak strike for the year, but it is has very little contact marks. Any additional picture, better capturing luster will help be able to grade this one.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
Larger images, please.  to the CCF!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1694 Posts |
My feeling is it has been dipped. Looks unc to me. Not sure if the dip is enough to detail it by the pictures. Hard to tell where it stands.
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Moderator
 United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3848 Posts |
I'll wait for better photos.
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Valued Member
 United States
88 Posts |
Ok, here are two linked higher res images in incandesant light, unedited except for the crop. They are zoomable by clicking on the image, hopefully these are an improvement but I'll admit I'm having a hard time getting the fields to show luster obv.>> https://ibb.co/7C2M0bP rev.>> https://ibb.co/xmt8r3y
Edited by LazerPig 07/27/2022 2:16 pm
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Valued Member
Germany
312 Posts |
Hm. Could you try daylight?
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Valued Member
 United States
88 Posts |
The Sun is just now coming out for the first time today so I think I'll give that a try, thanks!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3848 Posts |
The coin is absorbed by glare from the light source, which makes it impossible to see any surface marks. Don't use a direct light reflection on the coin, and take the photo straight on.
Suffering from bust half fever. Want to learn how to attribute early half dollars by die variety? Click Here: http://goccf.com/t/434955Shoot me a PM if you are looking to sell bust halves.
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Valued Member
 United States
88 Posts |
Allright, one more try here, starting to think the problem might be with my camera settings but I'll get it right eventually. Appreciate everyone's advice so far and note the high resolution images are linked below. obv>> https://ibb.co/kSGHK8xrev>> https://ibb.co/KXb9d42 
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
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the new photos show us different surfaces than the originals. another example as to how photos can skew the look of a coin or hide just about anything
Luster is there as compared to OP. Strike will hold this one to MS64 but overall a nice coin.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1521 Posts |
Much better pictures. I would call this one MS-64+
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
36903 Posts |
Much easier to see now. MS-64.
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Valued Member
 United States
88 Posts |
Glad to see that last attempt finally did the trick, I appreciate everyone's input and patience on this topic and hope to one day be able to return the favor!
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