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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2605268, member: 24314&quot;]<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie12" alt="o_O" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> It&#039;s not nice to hurt <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie23" alt=":bigtears:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie23" alt=":bigtears:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> an old man&#039;s feelings.&nbsp; I wish I had a nice camera like yours but I don&#039;t <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.&nbsp; I also posted that I would take some by breaking up the coin into parts so here are my PITCHERS:</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin (Img#6026-34) resides in an ICG MS-70 slab.&nbsp; The coin is PERFECT on both sides.&nbsp; No hairlines, no hits, no mint-made struck thrus or luster breaks.&nbsp; I only imaged one side as the other is also perfect.&nbsp; The two magnified images were taken at 15X (far above any TPGS standards).&nbsp; Since this would take too long, the rest were made at 10X.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are two photos of other coins graded by ICG.&nbsp; On one (Img#6035) there was a microscopic pit in the die causing a raised pimple over the letters and there is a tiny silver-colored struck thru on the flag.&nbsp; This image is at 15X.&nbsp; This coin is also in an ICG 70 slab as I GUESS these two &quot;defects&quot; were deemed to be market acceptable.&nbsp; Note, the coin above had NO DEFECTS of any kind.</p><p><br /></p><p>The final image (Img#6036) is a Proof graded 69 by ICG.&nbsp; This image is at 20X.&nbsp; It has a mint-made &quot;long&quot; dash (detracting planchet flaw) in the field along with a tiny patch of hairlines.&nbsp; The rest of the coin is virtually &quot;perfect&quot; with only a few &quot;worn die proof spikes&quot; in the field.&nbsp; The tiny white specks are dust on the slab case.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, Perfect coins exist and are graded 70.&nbsp; All 70&#039;s are not perfect but are considered market acceptable.&nbsp; Collectors need to decide what level of perfection they wish. <b><span style="color: rgb(179, 0, 0)">CASE CLOSED!</span></b></p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: rgb(179, 0, 0)">Except: <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">[USER=75324]@Themadhouse7[/USER]</span> </span></b>&nbsp; I feel it is your turn to walk-the-walk.&nbsp; Let&#039;s see magnified images of the breast and cap on your coin.&nbsp; They are either marks or not.&nbsp; Hopefully, I&#039;ll just be &quot;seeing things&quot; and your 70 will not be a 68!<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>EDIT:&nbsp; Just saw your last post.&nbsp; This whole thing is not about <b><span style="color: rgb(179, 0, 0)">US</span></b>, <span style="color: rgb(179, 0, 179)">it is about the coins.</span>&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie50" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; If your 70 slab contains a coin with several noticeable hits (That&#039;s what I see.) it is over graded.&nbsp; Then you&#039;ll need to be even more careful about the coins you purchase.&nbsp; If the coin is not hit where I see marks, <span style="color: rgb(179, 0, 0)">THEN I LEARN</span> about &quot;phantoms&quot; of photography.&nbsp; Whatever the case, <span style="color: rgb(179, 0, 0)">WE BOTH ARE WINNERS</span>!&nbsp; Others on this thread may learn something also.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=112]@GDJMSP[/USER] </p><p><br /></p><p>I Xeroxed this:&nbsp; &quot;<span style="color: #00b359">And if you could ever manage to drop the &quot;wise guy&quot; attitude, well, that would do the rest for you.&quot; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></span>&nbsp; and pasted it on my home computer...The wife loves it!&nbsp; I&#039;m not in the doghouse and saved a dinner tab.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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