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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;WillGK, post: 5202049, member: 115517&quot;]Thanks for your comments, everybody.&nbsp; I appreciate them!&nbsp; I will send it in then, to see if conservation can be done.&nbsp; If they could just get rid of the bathtub ring it would make the coin *so* much more attractive.&nbsp; The ring draws the eye much more than the spot itself. In hand, the spot itself looks small and not real dark.&nbsp; Publius2 is the only one who seemed to have an opinion on what the spot might be - putty - and I sorta hope he’s right.&nbsp; It may be the only way that the coin can get a straight grade.&nbsp; If it’s a permanent spot and Idhair is right (that they might be able to lighten it) I think that this would be a really attractive coin to Seated Liberty collector.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thomas, it is also dark on her right shoulder.&nbsp; I don’t actually see what I think of as signs of wear on these points - flattening, change of sheen/texture. I looked at the PCGS Photograde pics and I see this sort of darkening up to MS65.&nbsp; I think it must be really tricky to grade Seated Liberties. Publius2 thinks that there may be a shot at MS, and I hope he’s right.&nbsp; I never so much as rinsed this coin in water, never touched it, so maybe some of the darkness on the cheek, breast, shoulder is just grime. I don’t have the experience to know.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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