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This scan must be some kind of optical illusion

clw54clw54 Posts: 3,815 ✭✭✭
Never seen one quite like this.

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  • PlacidPlacid Posts: 11,299 ✭✭✭
    Struck thru something maybe.
  • baccarudabaccaruda Posts: 2,588 ✭✭
    an incuse walker? - i doubt it. looks like fun with the scanner options to me.
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  • Don't see what the issue is. Appears to cleaned and scanned (or photographed) with an odd light source causing distorted edge details.
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  • braddickbraddick Posts: 23,967 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Welcome to the world of a VG08, cleaned Walker.

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  • I don't see a photo! Is it THAT much of an optical illusion??

    oops..took a while to load. And with DSL even. That is a weird looking coin!
  • PlacidPlacid Posts: 11,299 ✭✭✭
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  • braddick is way too generous. the rev(the only pic i see)grades g-4. it's still a $100 coin though.
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  • I'm wondering where the full rims are.
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  • Yeah, it's just the direction the light is coming from. Our brains expect the light source to come from above. Here's the same pictures, just rotated 180 degrees.

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    Clark
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  • prooflikeprooflike Posts: 3,879 ✭✭
    Much better! image

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