I Need Tips To Take Pictures For Grading

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1300 Valued Member United States 57 Posts	Posted 11/09/2022 3:42 pm Are thses good pictures? So do I get close up pic or magnified once , I cant get the right color of the coin * Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. * Report this Post to the Staff

1300 Valued Member United States 57 Posts	Posted 11/09/2022 3:55 pm Report this Post to the Staff
nick10 Pillar of the Community United States 3207 Posts	Posted 11/09/2022 4:32 pm those pics are a nice size, sharpness could be better, glare can be reduced by shining the light source through a sheet of paper, though the best color will come from natural lighting Report this Post to the Staff
HondoB Bedrock of the Community United States 24859 Posts	Posted 11/09/2022 4:32 pm 1300, there's a plethora of posts about coin photography here on CCF - a search will turn up enough results to keep you occupied reading for many hours. For quick and fairly acceptable results, a smartphone can be used. But you'll need to put it on top of books or some such so that the camera is at least 6" above the coin. Set the photo settings to "square". Then you'll need to deal with illumination. I've been into photography for 40 years, and coins are one of the greatest challenges of all. Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures Report this Post to the Staff
John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 11/09/2022 4:37 pm You posted in the wrong section,I PMed the mods to move the post. You need to post your question in the photo section along with what your current set up is. John1 Report this Post to the Staff
1300 Valued Member United States 57 Posts	Posted 11/09/2022 5:09 pm No actually I wanted to get it graded but then I wasn't sure if the picture are good enough for that .so thats what happened. Report this Post to the Staff
westcoin Pillar of the Community United States 9792 Posts	Posted 11/09/2022 6:06 pm Quote: I wanted to get it graded but then I wasn't sure if the picture are good enough for that I assume you mean get us to come up with a consensus or guess the grade? You don't need to photograph your coins to have them graded at a TPG (Third Party Graders) like PCGS, NGC, ANACS, etc. The photo can certainly be improved by a bunch in quality and type of lighting. However I can give you an idea of my grade on what I can see. I'd estimate this around AU55 I can see obvious rub marks on the high points of the devices also some light circulation tick in the fields. Not worth sending off to get professionally graded for sure. It would cost way more in just the fees and shipping/insurance than it's final value would be. If you haven't get a free account at Heritage and Stacks/Bowers so you can search their extensive image catalogs by date and denomination, also PCGS Coin Facts and Photograde sites have photos of just about every US coin and mintmarks in many grades and color designations. Here is a link with a lot of grades from circulated through high end mint state of 1959-D Lincoln cents, you can compare yours too. https://www.PCGS.com/coinfacts/coin.../images/2855 "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 Edited by westcoin 11/09/2022 6:09 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 11/09/2022 7:37 pm to the CCF! Report this Post to the Staff
1300 Valued Member United States 57 Posts	Posted 11/09/2022 10:51 pm Thanks for the info Report this Post to the Staff
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