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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;stldanceartist, post: 2166940, member: 13307&quot;]All I&#039;ll say to this (for everyone else, because I should be on someone&#039;s ignore list by now) is that 98% of the coins I buy come from coin dealers, either in person on online.&nbsp; I rarely post pictures of the coins I find for them that I have no interest in purchasing (which I just tell them about and let the coins go.)&nbsp; It&#039;s not like I&#039;m buying coins from Gramma and Grampa, who don&#039;t know anything about their coins and have asked me for help.&nbsp; So let&#039;s not make it out that I&#039;m intentionally deceiving people.&nbsp; Just a poll of a few of my consignors I&#039;ve had will tell you I ALWAYS tell them if I find a valuable variety in their coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m not going to apologize for educating myself on Cherrypicker&#039;s Guide varieties, or for looking at so many foreign coins most people&#039;s heads would spin, or for guessing right on more than a few occasions, or for collecting series that I believe are undervalued (Jeffersons.) </p><p><br /></p><p>If someone from a poor family who served 6.5 years in the military to serve his country, then chose a career goal (as a teacher first and artist second) that many ridicule but enables him to serve younger people as a teacher, and who finds a hobby that allows him to make enough money to pay his bills...is an example of how morality in our society is failing, then I seriously wonder how this person would react if they ever watched the news or left their house.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>(No, I&#039;m not Mother Theresa.&nbsp; Let&#039;s just get that out of the way.)</p><p><br /></p><p>I DO hope everyone here has a good day.&nbsp; For those of you who are still listening, back to the discussion of the coin.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Looking at the coin in hand, the bottom step is a bit smushed by the 3rd column...but still completely separated from both lines above and below.&nbsp; There are also a few small dings slightly to the right of the 3rd column, all very minor and none crossing over a step line.&nbsp; I believe what you are seeing is a reflection of either the toning or the metal that the camera is picking up as a scratch...kind of like a &quot;woodie&quot; wheat cent...because under 10x magnification, there isn&#039;t a scratch there.&nbsp; I apologize that my photos haven&#039;t quite captured it - always a work in progress.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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