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<p>[QUOTE="CircCam, post: 3295626, member: 85675"]The fields were very reflective, but less so due to the toning on it. The coin is definitely PL, but I agree yours is more attractive.</p><p><br /></p><p>I can count on one hand the number of coins I’ve returned, but this is one. PL stuff is new to me and seems very challenging to photograph so I don’t blame the seller, but I wasn’t expecting the toning to be so dark. I went to the dealer and they had the same coin in 64PL with a more marked up portrait but squeaky clean fields and it was a superior coin, but I’m gonna hold out for a higher end one. Thanks for all the guesses, I had already sent it back but was curious what you guys would think. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I think it is fairly graded as well, clean portrait with unhappy fields. There are prints I didn’t see in the seller photos as well, so when my initial reaction to the coin was wanting to crack it out and dip it which would only reveal more imperfections, I put her back in the envelope.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="CircCam, post: 3295626, member: 85675"]The fields were very reflective, but less so due to the toning on it. The coin is definitely PL, but I agree yours is more attractive. I can count on one hand the number of coins I’ve returned, but this is one. PL stuff is new to me and seems very challenging to photograph so I don’t blame the seller, but I wasn’t expecting the toning to be so dark. I went to the dealer and they had the same coin in 64PL with a more marked up portrait but squeaky clean fields and it was a superior coin, but I’m gonna hold out for a higher end one. Thanks for all the guesses, I had already sent it back but was curious what you guys would think. I think it is fairly graded as well, clean portrait with unhappy fields. There are prints I didn’t see in the seller photos as well, so when my initial reaction to the coin was wanting to crack it out and dip it which would only reveal more imperfections, I put her back in the envelope.[/QUOTE]
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