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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;eddiespin, post: 2654914, member: 4920&quot;]OK, settle down. Let&#039;s analyze this one. It&#039;s every bit that high a PR, BTW.</p><p><br /></p><p>Let&#039;s start with the tiny black spots. Those spots are there because it&#039;s 120 years old and that&#039;s the way that surface ages. Let&#039;s move onto the toning and the breaks in the toning. They&#039;re there for the same reason. Is there any wear on the high points? If so, if there is, I don&#039;t see it. Let&#039;s factor in the all-important eye-movement, which is the single-most important determinant in how we feel about the coin. Is there anything distracting it? Where is your eye going? It&#039;s going to the detail, then off and around the coin, then back to the detail, then back to the field, then back to the detail, around and around it goes, and how it does that, only the engraver knows. In fact, that&#039;s why the engraver put the detail where he did, and let it go where he did--to control your eye-movement through the coin. You didn&#039;t know that, did you? But we&#039;re seeing this coin, 120 years later, exactly how he intended for us to see it, using every artistic skill he had to do it. And why? It&#039;s an expression, that&#039;s why. All art is an expression of the artist, and he wants us to &quot;get it,&quot; and admire his artistic skill in getting it across.</p><p><br /></p><p>This thing is almost perfect for its age. But just as a person can drink a $1000 bottle of wine just to get drunk and not appreciate it any beyond than that, in much the same way, collectors can look at this coin. Then, again, one can &quot;know&quot; what one really has, here. End of rant... <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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