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I could show the luster better, but only at the cost of detail. I cannot help but feel like something's "wrong" with a Gem Red coin that's 100 years old. Seems unnatural. In my mind a Brown of the same grade overwhelms a Red. Not to mention, few are doing it this way. More for me.  For the record, this one came from coppercoins. |
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I also agree this coin, because of it's superb strike, should be MS65. The facial features are outstanding as well as the hair, beard and tie. As far as coin photography is concerned, I thought my new nikon 35 mm digital would do the trick but every time I take a pic of a "nice coin", I'm thinking "this coin has a lot of flaws" (or something that surmises that sentiment)  |
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I could show the luster better, but only at the cost of detail.
Personally, I feel it's a worthwhile trade-off. I really try hard to show the cartwheel lines in my pictures. You can normally pick out the spokes in my pictures and any experienced collector will recognize them. I still use an old 6MP camera and feel it's "good enough". My entire coin photography setup can be had for around $120. Obviously, I cannot take the super high-res pictures and my color depth is not insane but I feel like I can usually capture the spirit of any coin. |
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I cannot help but feel like something's "wrong" with a Gem Red coin that's 100 years old. Seems unnatural. In my mind a Brown of the same grade overwhelms a Red. Not to mention, few are doing it this way. More for me. I definately hear you there! Storage methods were poor at best 50-100 years ago. Heck, they didn't even have plastic bags! It makes you wonder how we can have so many old, red coins today.  Didn't I sell you a primo brown coin sometime ago? I forget! Lincoln Cent Lover!VERDI-CARE™ INVENTOR https://verdi.care/
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Has anyone carefully dipped a high grade BN and submitted it as an RD? I would be curious how often PCGS / NGC catches it
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Now that is something I wouldn't dream of trying.
Actually I never dipped any coin so I have no experience
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Didn't I sell you a primo brown coin sometime ago? I forget! You're the one who got me started down this mad road.   Quote:
Has anyone carefully dipped a high grade BN and submitted it as an RD? I would be curious how often PCGS / NGC catches it Dipped copper comes out an extremely strange color, impossible to miss. It's even brighter than you see in these pics:   |
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beautiful coin great pic.
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Bedrock of the Community
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You're the one who got me started down this mad road. HAHAHAHA...sweet! Hey, you made a good choice with all HQ brown. The only problem, they are tough to find! How many do you have so far? |
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Half a dozen so far. I'm not concentrating on them; this isn't the kind of coin you can go find at any reputable dealer. So it's more like just looking around whenever I'm in a new place, and stabbing at one when I see it.
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Man, I should have kept that 09, it looks nice with this one side by side!  Lincoln Cent Lover!VERDI-CARE™ INVENTOR https://verdi.care/
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Like. I'd snag something of that color, as well.
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Pillar of the Community
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Very nice coins, thank you for sharing, SsuperDdave.
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Pillar of the Community
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All great colors, I unfortunately have none that good. Thanks for sharing with us. |
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Posted 08/26/2012 11:09 pm
