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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SuperDave, post: 2457586, member: 1892&quot;]Speaking of Lincolns, this just in from [USER=13685]@carboni7e[/USER]. Die cracks, chips, color I&#039;ve no idea how to depict respectfully yet, and an object lesson in the problems with slabs. Don&#039;t believe everything you see (yet):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]514599[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]514600[/ATTACH] </p><p>Bet your first thought, when looking at the reverse, was, &quot;Hey! Look at those huge gouges below the C and on the N!&quot; So was mine. [ATTACH=full]514601[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Never saw the gouges on the slab; I thought I missed something on the coin in the seller&#039;s pics (which were plenty good enough not to miss this). So I looked closer. They&#039;re tiny gouges on the slab, <b>shadowed on the coin</b>. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s proof, with a single light placed in no position to bring out any color at all (another lesson there):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]514602[/ATTACH] </p><p>Look where the gouges went....and what a difference in lighting does to the look of a coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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