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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lostinspace, post: 8222805, member: 119576&quot;][ATTACH=full]1444431[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>So many questions.&nbsp; First off, good morning.&nbsp; I&#039;m still a newb and I really lack the understanding of what I&#039;m looking at.&nbsp; So, I present a perfectly ordinary coin that I know is only worth a few bucks on a good day and I&#039;m not asking you to tell me I have the holy grail.&nbsp; What I am looking for is some feedback.&nbsp; This coin was in a whitman folder for at least the last 40 years.&nbsp; Before I posted I tried to figure a few things out.&nbsp; I have a 2016 deluxe edition red book that has great photos of progressive grades.&nbsp; I have a digital cherry pickers guide and I looked at some stuff online.</p><p><br /></p><p>1)&nbsp; What grade is this coin?&nbsp; More importantly, why?&nbsp; I think this is a VF-35 ish.&nbsp; I base that on the obvious wear but, also, the few details that still hang on.&nbsp; The waves in the hair by the cheek and in the win.&nbsp; On the reverse, the remnant banding on the three bands and the mostly clear lettering. I wonder if I&#039;m underestimating the wear around the obverse rim - with all the wear on the liberty and the date.&nbsp; Is this uniform wear part of the &quot;weak strike&quot; they write about regarding the mercurys?</p><p><br /></p><p>2)&nbsp; Is that ugly yellow stuff &quot;toning&quot;?&nbsp; In other words, the toning that I see in the beautiful coins all over the internet, with all colors of the rainbow, is this the other end of the spectrum?&nbsp; Or just grime?</p><p><br /></p><p>3)&nbsp; How &quot;good&quot; is this photo?&nbsp; I worry that lighting is pretty poor and I tried a white lighting and a &quot;soft lighting&quot; (I&#039;ll post below).&nbsp; Is the white more accurate?&nbsp; Any suggestions?&nbsp; No matter what I did, I struggled with glare and I think that&#039;s the camera/lens in the digital microscope (it&#039;s a twenty dollar jobbie from amazon).</p><p><br /></p><p>Sorry for the book.&nbsp; Any advice/knowledge appreciated.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1444431[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1444432[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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