In the blow up of pic 2, aren't I seeing vertical hairlines? Or are those die polishing marks as well as the diagonal marks?
Nice pick up... lots of fun surprises in this type PCI slab. I believe many thumb their nose at these old slabs.....Again buy the coin ....
I don't get that either. I've seen ase's in these slabs labeled 100% white that were 100% not. I definitely would not consider this coin white at all. It has some nice toning around the rim on the obv. I have not been able to figure out how to photograph colors on coins. I have some stuners that i would love to show here on the forum.
When this coin was graded by PCI, they thought the coin had very little toning. Still mostly, fresh white surfaces. Over the years those surfaces have toned more. Old PCI plastic caused toning on some coins.