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Which Picture Of Your NGC Graded Coin Would You Prefer?

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 Posted 03/07/2019  12:07 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add coin197 to your friends list
The first for sure!
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 Posted 03/07/2019  12:09 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add basebal21 to your friends list
Which ever one is more accurate to the in hand look
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 Posted 03/07/2019  12:13 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Alpha2814 to your friends list
Which coin would I rather buy if it looked like the picture? The first one, hands down.

But basebal21 has a good point. If I bought the first coin and received the second one, I'd be disappointed.
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 Posted 03/07/2019  03:32 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Jlam79 to your friends list
I prefer the light fields.
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 Posted 03/07/2019  04:44 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add John1 to your friends list
I agree with basebal21,but the light fields looks better.
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 Posted 03/07/2019  06:12 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add GrapeCollects to your friends list
Light IMO
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 Posted 03/07/2019  06:33 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add DoctorBurnzy to your friends list
It depends...But if you have plans on using the photo to sell the coin in the future and it looks more like the second photo then I'd go with the photo the coin resembles with the in hand look.
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 Posted 03/07/2019  07:03 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add edweather to your friends list
The photo which is closest to how it looks in hand.
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 Posted 03/07/2019  07:21 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add dave700x to your friends list
If the surfaces are proof like with reflectivity the second images better convey that. But as already mentioned, which ever method better matches the in hand look.
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 Posted 03/07/2019  08:31 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add kanga to your friends list

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... which is closest to how it looks in hand.

What he said.
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It would be the first for me.
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 Posted 03/07/2019  08:58 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add jbuck to your friends list
The look is going to be affected by the lighting, just I suspect the photos have.

With that being said, as everyone has suggested, choose the one that matches how the coin looks in hand with normal everyday in-home lighting (for reading or looking at coins, not watching TV).

If one of these looks requires some out of the ordinary lighting to duplicate in hand, then that is not the one to use.
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 Posted 03/07/2019  10:18 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Darth Morgan to your friends list
jbuck- exactly. The first image represents what is "possible" to see in-hand, but it would be hard to look at due to more direct lighting. The second photo is the more accurate, in-hand look, IMO. I do like the first photo better, though. It's the glamour shot.
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 Posted 03/07/2019  11:23 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add j0b to your friends list
Thanks everyone for the input. As y'all have said, the in hand look is preferred when truly representing the coin which is the second with dark fields. And Darth Morgan is correct, the glamor shot is the second but is only achieved under a lamp, not sure if it would be seen in an open area like a show.
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If you are going to use these photos to sell the coin then why not use all of them?
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