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1891 Keeper acquired, old CGS pics I will try and post better! Loving the definition in the shield!

A relative newbie

I had to google what Pareidolia meant! Thanks for adding to my vocabulary!

I got caught on that one...never paid any attention to the date! LOL...

Not in 1891. Albert died in 1861. I guess he might have stuck around as a vampire.

My missus does! Oooops shouldn't have said that.

Do vampires have horns?

I think they are trying another way to market slabs as the desirable way forward by 'assessing' beauty (which will always be in the eye of the beholder). Why else would a grading company which purports to assess the grade strictly on the degree of wear then give an aesthetic attribution - something they allegedly were trying to eliminate when getting the slab concept off the ground? As far as a grading company is concerned, they should be consistently assessing the level of wear and the catalogued attribution. Everything else is irrelevant. Proof or not should be noted, but not prooflike. If cameo is used, then, Washer 01 should be an equally valid attributed grade, but I suppose they already have that with their M(ostly) S(mooth) designation.

What is unusual is that it has been lit from the bottom when photographed, this can make a substantial difference in appearance and will no doubt be responsible for the confusion over incuse or raised effects, and probably the size of the lion's heads.

Hence the reason you should buy from reputable sources and dealers, those also exist on ebay and outside of ebay, there are even a few on here that may help you buy what you require, you only need ask.......