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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SuperDave, post: 2551331, member: 1892&quot;]This is where we run into the (large) difference between evaluating a coin from harsh digital imagery, and in-hand under softer lighting. It would break your eyes to spend as much time looking at coins under lighting suitable for camera work as under the lighting you&#039;d normally use. It&#039;s two <b>completely</b> different sets of rules.</p><p><br /></p><p>First, take everything on that coin which looks &quot;black,&quot; and <i>forget it exists</i>. A digital camera &quot;sees&quot; minor differences in surface finish which you wouldn&#039;t notice in-hand as <b>glaring</b> differences in reflectivity, and they&#039;re completely overexaggerated in the resulting image.</p><p><br /></p><p>Morgandude&#039;s coin has two marks on it - the vertical and horizontal ones behind the mouth - and <b>nothing</b> else. The mark under the M in AMERICA <i>might</i> be visible to the naked eye, but only maybe. That, and near-PL fields, makes for an easy 66+. If those marks were anywhere else but on the cheek, it&#039;s 67+ or better.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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