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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3469269, member: 19463&quot;]I am not accustomed to buying high grade coins that show minute details of the engraving process so I took this opportunity to take some close ups of parts of the Sinatruces coin.&nbsp; These are larger images than usually posted here so those interested can click on these images and see things that may otherwise escape notice.&nbsp; I have said here before that I believe each of us should consider owning a microscope of some sort.&nbsp; This is why. These were taken with a single scope but I really refer a stereoscopic microscope for coin use.&nbsp; My scope is older than I am. </p><p>whole coin</p><p>[ATTACH=full]922691[/ATTACH] </p><p>Three letters from the upper left corner of the reverse shows interesting (to me) ways the letters were formed.&nbsp; I particularly like the B with dots, a straight bar and hashed curves.&nbsp; This frame is reduced in size as is my usual practice. It will enlarge a little if you click.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]922692[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Sinatruces&#039; face was shot with five focus stacked images to provide front to back focus.&nbsp; This image is reduced but not as much as the first allowing you to see marks of the engraver that the man who made them never saw. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]922699[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Santa was not the first guy with eight tiny reindeer.&nbsp; Here are two of the hat deer up close and enlargeable.&nbsp; Yes there are scratches on the coin which show on this image but they are not visible with &#039;normal&#039; magnification.&nbsp; I won&#039;t downgrade the coin for them.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]922702[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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