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Pillar of the Community
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Thanks Guys! The seller seems very legit, but as many coins as I have looked at on ebay I have never seen what looked like a pink slab. I appreciate your responses.  |
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Pillar of the Community
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But remember, the pinkish cast applies to EVERYTHING including the coin, which is also too pink. This is just a quick hack-job using Paint.Net autolevel, but ... some cause for concern:  It's still not right, but the label color is closer... makes me wonder how dark the coin will be in-hand -----Burton 50+ year / Life / Emeritus ANA member (joined 12/1/1973) Life member: Numismatics International, CONECA Member: TNA, FtWCC, NETCC, EveryCountry (online) coin club Owned by three cats and a wife of 40+ years (joined 1983) Author: 3rd Edition of the Sample Slabs book, https://www.sampleslabs.info/ |
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Pillar of the Community
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Image needs to be done with a dark, non-reflective background.
The reflection from the white background results in bad camera settings.
You want the camera to see the coin as the brightest object, not the background.
Edited by kanga
12/05/2014 10:07 am
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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If this is on ebay, I'd worry a bit. Nothing to loose by just not buying. |
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Thanks again guys. I truly appreciate your time and expertise. $900 is a lot for me to bid on a coin sight unseen with no returns (since it is slabbed) and I don't want to make a $900 mistake. Here is the auction link: http://www.ebay.com/itm/1816-Large-...em2a482d979b |
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Pillar of the Community
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Still not perfect, but a little more accurate. It's probably a bit darker in hand.  Edited by Canadian-Banknotes
12/05/2014 4:34 pm
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Could be a scan also. They come out pink sometimes.
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It's 100% certainly a scan.
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Pillar of the Community
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That's one high quality scanner!  |
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I have a little trouble based on that photo, to call this coin MS.
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Pillar of the Community
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That sure looks like wear around the eye and on the cheek. And what's going on with the "RTY"?
I find it pretty hard to believe that it's MS.
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12/05/2014 7:20 pm
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The slab # checks out at PCGS...was hoping for a photo. But yea, it looks over graded. The scans are really good though. I can't get a scan to come out anywhere close to that good. Might email the seller just to see what scanner he uses  |
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I have a really good scanner myself, an Epson Expression Artist. It has the transparency top and can focus adjust to accommodate film strips, so I can actually focus above the platen of glass. It natively scans at 1600x3200 dpi, a 35mm slide can be as large as 1GB or more if I want (not that there is any need or that size scan). But yes, some scanners are really, really good at high resolution 3D objects. I still prefer a good photograph though.
"Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1981, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC), Colonial Coin Collectors Club member (C4), Conder Token Collector Club member (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS) member, Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC) & Numismatic Bibliomania Society member (NBS), USMex, Member in good standing, 2¢ variety collector. See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440 |
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