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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;AncientJoe, post: 3093473, member: 44357&quot;]Thanks! I wanted a solid obverse in particular, with more than enough flan to hold the design. And, I wanted nice cabinet toning, a well-styled elephant, and a coin with an overall decent strike.</p><p><br /></p><p>Mine can definitely be improved, and maybe I eventually will upgrade it, but I&#039;m a &quot;bird in the hand&quot; sort of collector and willing to eat the cost of a upgrade if one happened to come around.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The field oddness is my main gripe with the coin, albeit not a deal breaker for me for this type. I suspect it is from an old deposit that was cleaned off, resulting in it not toning completely uniformly. There are still some slight deposits on the coin which aren&#039;t bothersome to me. </p><p><br /></p><p>The way in which I took this picture highlights the odd spot in favor of also resulting in a pop of iridescence. I think it&#039;s a true-to-life depiction of the&nbsp; coin and I didn&#039;t want to play with the lighting to hide it, although it undoubtedly could be done (yet another reason to always see coins in-hand before buying).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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