What Do You Make Of This Slabbed American Silver Eagle

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Bret Pillar of the Community United States 1913 Posts	Posted 04/22/2015 11:52 am I was looking at bidding on this key ASE, but noticed something odd on the reverse at the tip of the left wing. http://coins.ha.com/itm/modern-bull...-dailystatus It's not immediately noticeable, but looks like a dark area in the slabbed picture. The picture of the coin alone just shows the mirrored surface in this area. I then looked at NGC's verification. http://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/i...=3324426-002 In NGC's picture, it looks milky. What do you make of it? Edited by Bret 04/22/2015 11:55 am Report this Post to the Staff

SsuperDdave Moderator United States 23522 Posts	Posted 04/22/2015 12:41 pm I'm calling that purely an artifact of their imaging process. You can see similar areas on the obverse. The coin is reflecting things in its' environment at the moment of shooting. Black and White Proofs are a total bear to image properly. NGC had a similar problem with different surroundings, and this has given me a bit of insight into their techniques. I suspect Heritage is closely shrouding their subjects, and using lighting which is physically tiny. Make your decision based on other factors. Report this Post to the Staff
CelticKnot Bedrock of the Community United States 12819 Posts	Posted 04/22/2015 2:11 pm On the reverse at the bottom of the coin there are smudges that look like fingerprints. Hopefully they are on the slab. Report this Post to the Staff
Bret Pillar of the Community United States 1913 Posts	Posted 04/22/2015 2:23 pm There are a bunch of scratch marks on that slab. I can see they're scratch marks because the images appear twice parallel to each other. Can't tell about the smudges though. You'd have thought that whoever had that coin would have taken better care of the slab. Report this Post to the Staff
barryg Pillar of the Community United States 5850 Posts	Posted 04/22/2015 3:32 pm Quote: Black and White Proofs are a total bear to image properly. Man, I'm glad to hear you say that. All this time I've been thinking it was just my own incompetence... Expanded Digital U.S. Type Set Album \| Dansco 8100 (Lincon Cents) Album \| Digital Proof Type Set \| Digital U.S. Currency Type Set \| Foreign Bullion Coins Report this Post to the Staff
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