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How's this washington? (big pics)
mgoodm3
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I have been experimenting with this coin as it's one of the toughest coins to get right. There's a lot of luster, but like most relative moderns, the coin is very glossy and shiny. There is a little darkness at 12 oc'lock that I can get rid of with a reflector, but the pics just don't look right to me with it, so I left it out. The picture is slightly dark overall , but if I push the exposure any more, I get overexposure on some of the relief. what do you think? What's the grade?
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Chris
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<< <i>AU58? Is that rubbing on the cheek and on r and l sides of field? >>
Even if what you cite is a rub, you would never seen a coin like that in an AU-58. Remember you are supposed to grade with a 5X glass. This is the kind of view you get from a scope.
Try two lights -- one at 12 o'clock and the other at 9 o'clock.
Have fun...Mike
p.s. like the second shot better, too. Where's the reverse?
Three lights. 10:00, 11:30, 1:00. With diffusion.
Oh, nice Washington also.
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2nd pic much better you can see it's not rubbing in the fields. I can see MS65 here because of the dings on the neck, hair and the field.
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