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desertgem Pillar of the Community United States 860 Posts	Posted 09/21/2008 04:37 am Here is an 1921- S W/L half. Please comment on grade. Thanks Jim Report this Post to the Staff

SHAFTA9a Bedrock of the Community Canada 10743 Posts	Posted 09/21/2008 06:30 am VG-8 Report this Post to the Staff
murty Pillar of the Community United States 1353 Posts	Posted 09/21/2008 10:07 am I agree with above vg-8 Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 09/21/2008 12:41 pm VG based on the traces of the line in the skirt showing. Report this Post to the Staff
wwhitman Pillar of the Community United States 1415 Posts	Posted 09/22/2008 09:04 am with SHAFTA9a - Vg-8 Report this Post to the Staff
biokemist6 Bedrock of the Community United States 12437 Posts	Posted 09/22/2008 11:36 am The lower curl of the flag under the left arm looks strange, I cannot tell if it is just really darkly toned there or if it has been engraved to strengthen the detail but there are numerous scratches extending from that area to the rim Report this Post to the Staff
desertgem Pillar of the Community United States 860 Posts	Posted 09/22/2008 1:41 pm I put it back under the scope for a closer look again, and the scratches are certainly there. They appear to have been done at same time, probably when it was a couple of grades higher, but they do detract. The darker areas you mention seem to be part of the surface, some toning but also some black "gunk" that acetone doesn't react. I don't see any obvious tooling marks there. Jim Report this Post to the Staff
1sikevo Pillar of the Community United States 1130 Posts	Posted 09/22/2008 2:53 pm G6-VG8 Report this Post to the Staff
biokemist6 Bedrock of the Community United States 12437 Posts	Posted 09/22/2008 3:05 pm Quote: The darker areas you mention seem to be part of the surface, some toning but also some black "gunk" that acetone doesn't react. I don't see any obvious tooling marks there. Very good, it is hard to tell with things like that when looking at a 2-D photo as the darkness of the toning "appeared" to give it extra depth in that area and the presence of the scratches would have lent credence to the theory of tooling. IMO, the scratches do not detract too much because they are old and toned over but I was afraid that they led to worse things BTW, I will go with the crowd and call it VG as well Report this Post to the Staff
halfabustisbetter Pillar of the Community United States 1984 Posts	Posted 09/22/2008 3:08 pm G-6 details scratched/damaged Report this Post to the Staff
Bilbo Pillar of the Community United States 812 Posts	Posted 09/22/2008 3:21 pm I agree with G-6. I think the weakness of the rim keeps it out of VG. Report this Post to the Staff
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