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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;toned_morgan, post: 8291206, member: 97258&quot;]So I mentioned this coin in a recent thread, and I just want to know your opinion on it (authenticity of toning, grade, other comments). I practically stole it from my lcs (I feel a bit guilty ps. obviously I didn&#039;t actually steal it but you get what I mean) and I&#039;m thinking of sending it out to NGC in hopes of hopefully getting a star grade or at least a higher grade. My estimate is around MS65, although the obverse is banged up like a normal average Morgan dollar, the toning and the quality of the reverse add some points back. The reverse really is spotless, I only count two very small hits but otherwise untouched, you can even see the die polishing hairlines, so there is very little wear either. Thanks for any input!</p><p><br /></p><p>By the way if you&#039;re interested in knowing my method for photographing this coin:</p><p>I set up two lights to be below the lens and as close to the rim of the coin to eliminate the dark spots caused by cartwheel luster. Since I only had two lights, I set them both at the top (at 45 and 315 degrees) and then both at the bottom at the same angles. Then I put the two images into a program called StarStax, which is usually used for astrophotography, to stack the two images and get the nice overall lighting that squeezes all the color out.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1465653[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1465654[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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