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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;CamaroDMD, post: 4559606, member: 5233&quot;]OK.&nbsp; So I took a break with this as I was in the process of replacing my old Canon T3i with a modern full frame camera.&nbsp; I recently picked up a Canon EOS R and my new 100mm Macro Lens just came yesterday.&nbsp; So, I went back and re-imaged the 1909-S VDB and I think it came out much better and much truer to how it looks in hand.</p><p><br /></p><p>My dad bought this coin for me as a gift shortly after I graduated from dental school because he knew I had always wanted one.&nbsp; I really appreciate it...but part of me wishes we could have done that together.&nbsp; As many of you know (but he doesn&#039;t totally understand)...it&#039;s the little details that make you love a coin or make it bother you.&nbsp; White this coin is technically a XF...it&#039;s not the one I would have bought as I don&#039;t care for the look of it and think it&#039;s kinda ugly.&nbsp; I feel bad, but I almost feel like saving some more money, selling this coin and upgrading it.&nbsp; I feel bad as it was a gift, and I know he wouldn&#039;t care, but I just think it&#039;s ugly.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/1JgJUNn.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s another interesting one.&nbsp; I am a huge fan of Washington Quarters and a few years back my mother-in-law was moving her mom into an assisted living facility and they were going through her stuff...downsizing and selling her house.&nbsp; She had a bunch of old coins she had saved and asked me to go through them (her brother&#039;s kids own a pawn shop and were digging through everything and she didn&#039;t trust them to give her an honest evaluation of the coins as they told her everything was just worth melt).&nbsp; I went through the coins...most of which were circulated 90% quarters and halves and some wheat cents. But, this one jumped out.&nbsp; A 1938-S Quarter with nice luster and wonderful original toning.&nbsp; I told her, this one was worth significantly more than melt...I gave her a ballpark value of $100 in part because I have a hard time telling high grade AU from MS but told her it could be worth a bit more.</p><p><br /></p><p>She told me to keep it as I was the only person in the family who appreciated coins.&nbsp; She said her mom would want me to have it.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t see any obvious wear on it but must admit as much as I love these coins I find them very hard to tell a nice AU from an MS.&nbsp; Any grade opinions would be greatly appreciated.&nbsp; Also, [USER=28299]@Skyman[/USER], what do you think?</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/FYR3CKu.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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