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<p>[QUOTE="WashQuartJesse, post: 3698849, member: 18323"]Sold a smidgeon of bullion today at a B&M and a Washie caught my eye. Kicking myself a little for having passed on so many of these toners back in the day… Here I am too, picking up Washington’s again (like I need any more) after promising myself I was done… They hit me hard on the price too… ugh</p><p><br /></p><p>I can’t do the coin justice w/ my photos. Obverse is laced w/ color and encompassing the spectrum. In hand, it’s <i>far</i> more impressive. Gosh, it’s nice. Obverse fields are very clean. There are some minor hits on portrait’s cheek/neck/bust which you’d need 5X magnification to observe. Reverse is basically void of <i>any</i> distractions and contains far more color in hand than the photos suggest.</p><p><br /></p><p>Coin exhibits a great deal of original luster. I’d have agreed w/ NGC’s grade a decade ago. This was the grading standard I assembled my collection under. However, I think today’s standard would merit at least a 65 or maybe a *. Doesn’t matter that much to me because I don’t purchase coins as investments. Grading, in general, really intrigues me though. This coin has a very weak strike which isn’t quite as bad in hand, but it’s still quite soft. Cool coin I overpaid for, but I’m in this for the enjoyment. So sick and tired of the “price/value” stuff on here, lately. We sound like a bunch of chiselers. This one books at under $20 lol and I love it, obviously.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]991275[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]991276[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]991277[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]991278[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="WashQuartJesse, post: 3698849, member: 18323"]Sold a smidgeon of bullion today at a B&M and a Washie caught my eye. Kicking myself a little for having passed on so many of these toners back in the day… Here I am too, picking up Washington’s again (like I need any more) after promising myself I was done… They hit me hard on the price too… ugh I can’t do the coin justice w/ my photos. Obverse is laced w/ color and encompassing the spectrum. In hand, it’s [I]far[/I] more impressive. Gosh, it’s nice. Obverse fields are very clean. There are some minor hits on portrait’s cheek/neck/bust which you’d need 5X magnification to observe. Reverse is basically void of [I]any[/I] distractions and contains far more color in hand than the photos suggest. Coin exhibits a great deal of original luster. I’d have agreed w/ NGC’s grade a decade ago. This was the grading standard I assembled my collection under. However, I think today’s standard would merit at least a 65 or maybe a *. Doesn’t matter that much to me because I don’t purchase coins as investments. Grading, in general, really intrigues me though. This coin has a very weak strike which isn’t quite as bad in hand, but it’s still quite soft. Cool coin I overpaid for, but I’m in this for the enjoyment. So sick and tired of the “price/value” stuff on here, lately. We sound like a bunch of chiselers. This one books at under $20 lol and I love it, obviously. [ATTACH=full]991275[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]991276[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]991277[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]991278[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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