Somtimes Even A Detail Graded Piece Is Worth A Look

Diffuse lighting. Hairlines are invisible if you bounce or otherwise diffuse the lighting.

Question: how close do the hairlines get to the devices? The further they are away, the more likely it's not Genuine, but genuine.

Edit: Keep in mind - some of the superb coins pictured here at CCF would look just like this, shot under the right (not!) lighting. It's a dirty secret, sort of, in that not everyone realizes how much importance lighting plays in making an unflattering coin look like a million bucks (and vice versa). More importantly, the coin you depict would be just as nice in-hand under *any* lighting. The auction photos are probably closer to the in-hand view than your (excellently-shot but more revealing) photos.

I'll take it if you're not happy with it.

sel_69, I take it the ' ONE D' die crack is common?

This same thing has happened to me before a couple of times, on one really misleading auction picture the buyer gave me a partial refund after informing him of his inaccurate picture.

Agree that auction photo is very misleading. Shows the significant bag marks but none of those long fine lines. Toning seems to have been enhanced on the photo too. Photoshop?

Looks like a standard picture from Great Southern Coins ...

I'm almost curious if they took a photo of a registry coin and then did a transparent overlay of the cleaned/scratched one so that marks and some toning would align.