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<p>[QUOTE="brokecoinguy, post: 3007873, member: 85775"]Well after a short delay I finally received the coin over the weekend. Would've had it Friday but the battery in my jeep decided to die when I was running errands over lunch. Luckily I was stranded at home, but my coin was stranded at the office.</p><p><br /></p><p>I'll preface this by saying I know the photos aren't the best. Was gloomy all weekend so daylight was horrible, and I'm only working with a cellphone at the moment. Overall I was immediately disappointed with the coin. Even with the bad photos you can see multiple obverse luster breaks, which really look like mud colored splotches. You tilt the coin just enough and the surface does have some nice luster, keeping tilting it a bit more and the splotches become overly evident. The reverse has streaking which looks like it could be due to the "woody" effect, which is usually attractive, but if it's the case here it is just plain ugly. You can tell the coin is the same but just not as sharp as what was shown in the photos.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don't know if the photos were juiced or if the seller intentionally held the coin at just the right angle to be deceiving. I was unsure how the return policy would be if I removed the coin from the flip so I just left it in.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyone have any differing opinions on the coin? I'm almost positive that it's going back but was curious if anyone thought otherwise. Seems I could find a better example for my type set.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="brokecoinguy, post: 3007873, member: 85775"]Well after a short delay I finally received the coin over the weekend. Would've had it Friday but the battery in my jeep decided to die when I was running errands over lunch. Luckily I was stranded at home, but my coin was stranded at the office. I'll preface this by saying I know the photos aren't the best. Was gloomy all weekend so daylight was horrible, and I'm only working with a cellphone at the moment. Overall I was immediately disappointed with the coin. Even with the bad photos you can see multiple obverse luster breaks, which really look like mud colored splotches. You tilt the coin just enough and the surface does have some nice luster, keeping tilting it a bit more and the splotches become overly evident. The reverse has streaking which looks like it could be due to the "woody" effect, which is usually attractive, but if it's the case here it is just plain ugly. You can tell the coin is the same but just not as sharp as what was shown in the photos. I don't know if the photos were juiced or if the seller intentionally held the coin at just the right angle to be deceiving. I was unsure how the return policy would be if I removed the coin from the flip so I just left it in. Anyone have any differing opinions on the coin? I'm almost positive that it's going back but was curious if anyone thought otherwise. Seems I could find a better example for my type set.[/QUOTE]
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