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Bedrock of the Community
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lighting and glare in these photos make a more accurate assessment difficult. it does look like a decent coin. watch your lighting when resubbing it.
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Unc (62BN range) but I still think there's something about this coin that does not look right. Would like to see some of our other IHC "regulars'" opinions on the color and surfaces. How does the area left of the neck look "in hand?" Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis |
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Oddly enough, that area to the lower left of the neck looks slightly raised, not incused. Very slight and you have to hold the coin at just the right angle to view it. In hand the coin is quite striking.
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05/24/2023 6:43 pm
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I'm still looking for opinions on this coin. Paralyse questions color. In hand the coin looks very nice, but I'm curious if any of the rest of you think color is off. Thanks
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Just realized I never got much feedback on this coin. Any grading opinions?
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Bedrock of the Community
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I'm thinking the last 4 photos are more what the coin looks like in hand. these photos are all over the place. the original photos do not even look close to the last 4 your took in-hand
using the last 4 photos as what it actually looks like I'm with paralyse on the assessment that was posted. theres something going on in the field to left of the neck. I question the originality of the surfaces and the color. the spotting on the obv and the streaking on the reverse is pushing me to call that the coin was cleaned. this is just a guess but I'm thinking there was something on the coin in front of the neck that someone removed by scraping it off then attempted to hide the results of that with a cleaning
UNC details (cleaned)
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Bedrock of the Community
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Hardly looks like the same coin. New pics suggest a details (cleaned) coin, must agree.
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Pillar of the Community
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I'm starting to think shooting pictures in diffused natural light might be the most representative.
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Pillar of the Community
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The color does seem a bit off. It could have had an old cleaning to reduce the black spotting you see throughout the obverse. The reverse looks quite nice. Quote:
I'm starting to think shooting pictures in diffused natural light might be the most representative. Correct lighting to me is the most important part when it comes to taking a decent photo to grade by. It took me a lot of practice before I could produce a decent photo. |
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So are you shooting in diffused natural light or with oblique artificial light, Humble pie? You can see from my pictures that the look is completely different with the different light sources. To me the look of the coin in hand is somewhere between the two. I think I may shoot the coin again, because it was still in the 2x2 on the last pics. I decided to keep it, so now I can shoot it straight.
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For my scope camera (close-ups) I just place this lamp behind my scope, and put it on a box to raise it up a bit over the scope. The lamp is "Natural Daylight", with a decent dimmer range, so you can get the level of brightness that you want. I never use any filters on it, but you could always MacGyver something to use as a filter if needed. I bought this lamp years ago and would buy another if I ever needed it. I always start with the scope placed under the lamp, then slide the scope towards me, away from the lamp, until I feel I'm getting the correct amount of light, and the color looks the same on screen as the coin does in-hand. Lamp link on Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...ie=UTF8&th=1 |
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I'm just shooting with an iPhone which limits me a good bit. I can't really justify a setup like you've got, but thanks for the info.
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I'm just shooting with an iPhone which limits me a good bit. I can't really justify a setup like you've got, but thanks for the info. I'm sure your iphone has a better camera than my scope. You just have to work on your lighting. Get a good light, then practice practice practice. Between my camera scope and lamp, I have around $150 invested. Scope $110 - Lamp $40. I look at the scope as a good entry level piece of equipment. The scope is great for taking photos and searching coins for varieties. Also great for taking extreme close-ups of varieties. I will leave a couple close-up photos below. I just looked and now the scope is under $100 - all that I added to my scope was a 6inch extension, so I can take photos of larger coins (Morgans/ASE's) with plenty of room. Scope Link https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...e=UTF8&psc=16inch Extension Link https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...e=UTF8&psc=1   |
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Those are terrific closeup shots. Thanks for the info!
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