As most of you know, I decided to put together a raw toner Dansco of Washingtons. Along the way, I ended up getting enough Washingtons to fill 3 Danscos. While for the most part, it is relatively easy to figure out the coin to put in the A, B and C Danscos, some date/mm are not so easy to figure out. Which one of these two 1940 Washingtons do you prefer? Why? Do you like them? The coins were imaged by Bob Campbell, and I think he did an excellent job.
I like the top coin. There's nothing wrong with either however if picking one of two the top be my choice. Cleaner obv. Fields , over all more even natural looking to me.
I like the top one as well. Even though there are a couple contact marks, they aren't nearly as distracting as the one's on the second coin. I also really like the surfaces on the 1st coin better as well. As usual, you have a nice eye @Skyman!
I like the toning on the bottom one better but I don't like the gash/hit/whatever so I top is the better of the two for me. The bottom one looks like it may have more luster.
Top one. Looks like a higher grade coin, toning is more even and attractive. Hit on the obverse field of the bottom one is kind of nasty.
Thank you guys for your thoughts. In hand, the scuff in the left obverse field of # 2 does not appear as obtrusive as it does in the image. Having said that, technically # 1 is cleaner. I would say the toning is roughly comparable as to attractiveness on both coins. The difference is that the toning on # 1 is predominantly on the reverse, while the toning on # 2 is on both sides. Luster is good on both coins, with the nod to # 2.
