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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;EyeEatWheaties, post: 1103729, member: 26972&quot;]<b>Help me out Doug,&nbsp; share some of that knowledge.</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>I see what might initially/ be interpreted as hairline scratching from a harsh cleaning, however those lines, flow through the crease and crevices indicative of what so many &quot;woodies&quot; do.&nbsp; I also don&#039;t see the metal flow lines that I see on coins with cartwheeling luster. (refer to some of my recently post pics)&nbsp; On this coin I attribute the lack of those &quot;flow lines&quot;&nbsp; that to soft or slow strike and the orientation of the wood grain - improper mix or impurities in the alloy.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>So , presuming the AT hides what you are seeing as a harsh cleaning, what is it that looks AT to you?&nbsp; The color tone looks deep into the, it has a rich color. Although interesting enough, the luster of this coin does not reflect light back into the lens the&nbsp; way other coins do with similar amount of luster.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sidebar question for the techies. Has anyone ever discussed measuring the amount of light a coin reflects?&nbsp;&nbsp; I would imagine in a controlled environment, that this would be relative easy to do with some type of light meter. </p><p><br /></p><p>Thank you in advance for providing the supporting finer points of your observation.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Interesting.&nbsp; I using the IMG tags... which take you to the photobucket website. Is&nbsp; dragging the bars at the bottom and right side of your screen is really that big of a deal?&nbsp; I don&#039;t mind using a different type of link, however I want to keep the size of the image at the original size.&nbsp; Photobucket provides 4 options for links and has several others that are in the custom settings.&nbsp; &nbsp; Testing123...&nbsp; -Using the world icon above -&nbsp; is this what you are looking for?</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z242/papasteeze/Coins/fc0dccbf.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z242/papasteeze/Coins/fc0dccbf.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z242/papasteeze/Coins/fc0dccbf.jpg</a></p><p><a href="http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z242/papasteeze/Coins/5376df59.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z242/papasteeze/Coins/5376df59.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z242/papasteeze/Coins/5376df59.jpg</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br /></p><p>I really like this coin, because I have yet to see a 26-s that has less nicks and dings. Correct me if I am wrong, because of a lot of the copper that was used at San Francisco, Red examples that have stayed red just don&#039;t exist?</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I am with you and I agree,&nbsp; I use the same points.&nbsp; I should have explained a bit more. I often look at the left edge of the bow tie where it meets the shadow of the tie on the lapel, when those 4 areas above are not clear.&nbsp;&nbsp; Not sure if Brenners intent was to create a shadow or if the bow tie of that era had 2 layers. Lately I have been taking an interest in how Brenner came up with the original sculpture.&nbsp; I can do a bit more work with&nbsp; that.... </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; anyways.....&nbsp;&nbsp; on this coin, I think the bow tie has sharp(er) details since it is higher in relief on the die and fills with metal during the strike and that exhibits absolutely no wear in comparison with the softer details of the cheek, ear, and hair which are the lowest points in the die and last to get filled with metal during the strike..&nbsp; Not sure if I am making sense with what I am seeing and trying to stay.</p><p><br /></p><p>Foot note question.&nbsp; It takes 3 points on a surface to make a stable base.&nbsp; In a perfectly struck obverse. What are the 3 points that touch to form that base?&nbsp; Any topographical of the lincoln obverse?&nbsp; lol </p><p><br /></p><p>actually...&nbsp; a laser scan that PCGS does should convert a coin to some type of digital data that could provide that?&nbsp; I dunno..&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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