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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SuperDave, post: 2646218, member: 1892&quot;]No, that&#039;s <i>exactly</i> what he meant. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> A nice AU is a more eye-appealing coin than anything Mint State under 63, and sometimes more than that. Like your 1913-S.</p><p><br /></p><p>In unrelated news, I&#039;m going to post progress pics of the 1910-S so you don&#039;t think it didn&#039;t happen. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s how it started:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]584679[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>See the dark lines? Those are shadows of scratches in the plastic. Not to mention the smudge just behind the nose, the shadow of which is creating the dark spot on the beard. None of this crap was easily available to viewing the coin in hand, but under the focus of digital imagery it becomes a serious problem. I&#039;m forcing a narrow depth of field which makes scratches all but disappear, but you can see their result. After everything but a jackhammer and the kitchen sink (no Dremel yet), here&#039;s where we are:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]584681[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Silly me - first time I&#039;ve wetsanded a slab - I thought 2000 grit was fine enough, but I was wrong. It creates scratches that the headlight polish can&#039;t remove, costing me contrast, and I don&#039;t want to go grittier on the polish. So, there&#039;s some 3000 grit wetsanding on tap for it. Oh, here&#039;s the reverse:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]584682[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>See the shadow from the base of the left wheat stalk? Yeah. Wax on, wax off....</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]584683[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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