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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SuperDave, post: 2418943, member: 1892&quot;]In digital imaging, the slightly lesser &quot;luster&quot; imparted to the more weakly-struck areas is easy to interpret/misinterpret as wear. They reflect less light. So, the breast, tailfeathers and top of the wreath are easily construed as slight circulation wear. Digital sensors are binary things which depict <b>precisely</b> what the see. The full-slab images, having less magnification, are less subject to this phenomenon - you can see the breast feathers reflecting light equally to the other feathers. </p><p><br /></p><p>All the same, I can understand PCGS defaulting to AU58 because the evidence is inconclusive to them (which IMO is the cause of a majority of AU58&#039;s). In this particular case, I suspect the excess of small marks in the fields were the basis for the grade, and I don&#039;t disagree. </p><p><br /></p><p>Won&#039;t be relevant to your buyer on this one; that person will be able to choose for themself and the grade would be less important than the color. I would *so* be that buyer, if it were in the budget. Awesome coin. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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