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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;RonSanderson, post: 3786244, member: 77413&quot;]Thanks, John. Considering how much I like your photos that means a lot.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t mean to bore anyone, but I am having a hard time with coins that are graded as Cleaned. Let me be specific. Below you will find the reverse at CoinTalk&#039;s maximum size. Feel free to click it and take a close look.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1012842[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1012841[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, I see scratches on the bear&#039;s body and I see scratches in the fields. However, I cannot find any that carry from the fields up over the body. The lines in the field disappear at the edge of the body, which is characteristic of die scratches made on the flat surface of the die.</p><p><br /></p><p>The ones on the body I would expect to also spill over if someone were wire-brushing the high spots. And how would you scrub inside the curve of the back leg without touching any of the higher relief around it?</p><p><br /></p><p>To my admittedly inexpert eye every scratch seems to be more likely on the die than administered after striking.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyone should feel free to correct my thinking - I can&#039;t be the only person who needs more education on this subject.</p><p><br /></p><p>Edit: I fixed a white balance problem with my camera and replaced the images.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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