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Valued Member
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Here are a couple photos in a darker area to see the real color  
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Moderator
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Most of your pics look a bit odd, like maybe not a straight on shot and a bit out of focus? Maybe try a 14% or 18% gray scale background? John1 
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Valued Member
 United States
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@john1 I put my phone about 5 to 6 in over the coin in a straight on position and take the picture with the best lighting I can possibly find and still see details and scratches of the coin because if I take the dark ones I can't see the real details in the pictures. But I have no idea how to change the grayscale on the photo when I'm taking it. I've never seen a setting on my phone that says grayscale
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Valued Member
 United States
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Valued Member
 United States
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I have a pro mode for my camera on my phone and it has those settings on the right hand side in the picture but I don't know what any of those things mean so I never use it. I just use the regular camera mode and take pictures cuz I know nothing about the settings
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
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Anyway, I'll say the obverse holds it to F-15.
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Pillar of the Community
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Moderator
 United States
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Gray scale for the background is a piece of cardboard or cloth you put the coin onto before taking the photo.I do not remember if it is 14 or 18%? John1 
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I could go with a solid F15, perhaps F15+.
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Valued Member
 United States
349 Posts |
@john1 thanks. I had never heard of it before. I really can't stand taking pictures of coins because it's very time consuming and I would rather just take my time to actually look through coins and find new stuff than to take double the time taking pictures than I did to even find the coin.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Your second set of pics look fine. I'd say F-15.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
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1st set of photos make the coin look cleaned. second set look way better. split grade on this one. obv F15 rev looks VF20. i'll go with the obv and say F15
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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F15
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Pillar of the Community
United States
841 Posts |
Isn't there another forum for photography? I thought something went haywire for a minute here. After it finally got back on track, I learned something about grading Wheaties instead of gray squares and shutter speeds and micro lenses. 
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