Magnified Pandas - Microscope shots / Macro

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  1. tamo42

    tamo42 New Member

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    It came with a set of lights. Just little tripod lights with 100 watt bulbs.
     
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    Pandacollector Active Member

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    This coin has been graded by NGC or PCGS?

    Best wishes,
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    Pandacollector, Dec 24, 2011
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    projack Well-Known Member Silver Stacker

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    This is a 2600 scan with a very cheap scanner on a 1903o Morgan dollar showing the mint mark o for New Orleans.
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    projack Well-Known Member Silver Stacker

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    The other side

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    Hi Peter

    NO, this coin has not been sent for grading, to the best of my knowledge. I wanted to compare a known MS69 Panda with this. From what I can see the 200SM has very clean fields with no obvious marks like what are shown on the 2007 above. My only concern is what appears to be a very weak strike. Now I don't know if this is common across this mintage. Or is this perhaps a later die that was nearly worn. The fact that no marks are obvious, suggests that it was a weak strike rather than a later die. It was a bullion coin so one or two stamps would have been enough, yet with the polished mirror surface it would have had to have some force applied.

    I don't know if it could grade MS70 and perhaps this may be why none have made the grade. I will be sending it for consevation and then grading early next year. So it will be good to see how it returns. I will try over the next few days to improve the light setup and get some more shots of various areas.
     
    Austacker, Dec 24, 2011
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    My concern is that when I compare a PCGS coin that was graded many years ago to a counterfeit 2000 silver mirror, under 5X magnification the fake coin looks grainy compared to the creamy smooth surface of the genuine Panda. I don't believe the texture of a genuine mirror coin is any grainier than coins from later years. Also, the real coin has a very sharp strike while the counterfeit's details are soft.

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    Pandacollector, Dec 24, 2011
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    yennus Well-Known Member Silver Stacker

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    I'm hopeful that it is genuine, since it is related to these ones:

    [imgz=http://forums.silverstackers.com/uploads/675_img_2498.jpeg][​IMG][/imgz]

    [imgz=http://forums.silverstackers.com/uploads/675_img_2502.jpeg][​IMG][/imgz]

    But if there is a problem with this Panda I know where to fix it :)
     
    yennus, Dec 24, 2011
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