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<p>[QUOTE="SuperDave, post: 2758980, member: 1892"]I'm no fan of video for grading, but it's actually a far better way to hint at PL/DMPL than any still images. In fact, it helps to prove what [USER=19165]@physics-fan3.14[/USER] says about toning not interfering - I have no trouble seeing reflectivity in the toned part of that coin. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The toning is only a few molecules deep, and shouldn't completely mask reflectivity. And for the record, this presents to me as one heck of a well-struck New Orleans Morgan , and I think the NW-SE angled lines you're seeing on the reverse are original to the planchet, as-struck. Keep in mind, artificial hairlines will very quickly destroy reflectivity. Not instantly or in all cases, depending on their strength - you can't generalize this - but with the evidence thus far presented I don't see this as a "cleaned" coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="SuperDave, post: 2758980, member: 1892"]I'm no fan of video for grading, but it's actually a far better way to hint at PL/DMPL than any still images. In fact, it helps to prove what [USER=19165]@physics-fan3.14[/USER] says about toning not interfering - I have no trouble seeing reflectivity in the toned part of that coin. :) The toning is only a few molecules deep, and shouldn't completely mask reflectivity. And for the record, this presents to me as one heck of a well-struck New Orleans Morgan , and I think the NW-SE angled lines you're seeing on the reverse are original to the planchet, as-struck. Keep in mind, artificial hairlines will very quickly destroy reflectivity. Not instantly or in all cases, depending on their strength - you can't generalize this - but with the evidence thus far presented I don't see this as a "cleaned" coin.[/QUOTE]
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