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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;LMHESS, post: 2183541, member: 75003&quot;]Thank you all so much again!&nbsp; I am having trouble with looking at coins in the lower grades that cost maybe $650 or so then jumping to $1800+ that seem to have issues like raised bubbles, breaks in patina, partially missing letters, etc that may not be seen if casually looked at.&nbsp; Since the price jumps so steeply, I have been looking much more closely.&nbsp; The lower grades to me are showing less of the issues.&nbsp; What I have been searching for is a coin that has sharp detail, flat surfaces where they are supposed to be flat, raised surfaces where they are supposed to be raised and a MS64 grade.&nbsp; I originally thought that maybe the olive branch being convex then concave may have been a different variety, but I was told that I was incorrect.</p><p>It really looks to me like if you took a coin that has the olive branch convex and pressed it into a putty like they do with antiquities to better see ancient marks, you would get a copy of the coin but with the convex branch.&nbsp; Maybe a new die was made from that?&nbsp; Anyhow, since I know of instances where museums were incorrect in some of their purchases, and they have much more to authenticate than I do, I just want to be sure that if I pay $1800+ for a coin it is at least authentic and the grade that I am paying for.&nbsp; I have actually spent more for a coin and not had these concerns, but at this point I don&#039;t want to give up.&nbsp; I love and need the opinions.&nbsp; Thank you again<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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