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<p>[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 3696553, member: 101855"]The photos on that 1892-S, MS-64 graded dollar leave me not wanting to trust the full slab shots at all. Ms. Liberty's cheek on the full slab shot almost looks like it's been "thumbed." ("Thumbed" means running your thumb over the cheek of a coin like a Morgan Dollar. The oil in your thumb softens the effect of any marks on the piece and makes look smoother.)</p><p><br /></p><p>I suspect that the close-ups and real pictures and the slab shots are done on a scanner. A scan can cover up a lot of sins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 3696553, member: 101855"]The photos on that 1892-S, MS-64 graded dollar leave me not wanting to trust the full slab shots at all. Ms. Liberty's cheek on the full slab shot almost looks like it's been "thumbed." ("Thumbed" means running your thumb over the cheek of a coin like a Morgan Dollar. The oil in your thumb softens the effect of any marks on the piece and makes look smoother.) I suspect that the close-ups and real pictures and the slab shots are done on a scanner. A scan can cover up a lot of sins.[/QUOTE]
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