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illz Valued Member United States 92 Posts	Posted 08/06/2013 3:54 pm Recently finished CRH my first box of pennies. I'm looking for wheats, errors, and varieties, but also thought it'd be cool to put together a set of 60's, 70's and 80's that are as nice as I can possibly find in circulation. I ended with only 3 in the entire box so I'm really being selective. What would you grade them at? Thanks in advance 1962D 1972 1984 Report this Post to the Staff

nickelsearcher Moderator United States 15394 Posts	Posted 08/06/2013 8:59 pm Nice coins ... welcome to the enjoyable world of roll hunting. Your photos do not allow for accurate grading ... but I say all three are XF/AU David Take a look at my other hobby ... http://www.jk-dk.art Report this Post to the Staff
BadThad Bedrock of the Community United States 19935 Posts	Posted 08/07/2013 09:30 am 62D MS64 72 MS62 82 AU62 Lincoln Cent Lover! VERDI-CARE™ INVENTOR https://verdi.care/ Report this Post to the Staff
Jayman931 Pillar of the Community United States 2651 Posts	Posted 08/08/2013 10:57 am I think the pictures are deceiving. I can see the luster so I am guessing the color of the coins is off in the pictures...I will take a swing at them though... 62D MS63 72 MS62 84 MS60 On the rim of the 1984 about the 10 oclock position is that a "Railroad Rim" Maybe I am over thinking but could that have caused the plating to split on the opposite side of the coin? Report this Post to the Staff
illz Valued Member United States 92 Posts	Posted 08/08/2013 10:24 pm I was hoping they were all MS-ish thank you guys! Report this Post to the Staff
BadThad Bedrock of the Community United States 19935 Posts	Posted 08/09/2013 07:57 am Your pics are too poorly lit. Use a little more light with a white background and calibrate your white balance. Are the pics post-processed? They look like they may have been adjusted. A good coin picture requires no post-processing (other than to resize for web use). Lincoln Cent Lover! VERDI-CARE™ INVENTOR https://verdi.care/ Report this Post to the Staff
illz Valued Member United States 92 Posts	Posted 08/09/2013 11:16 am They're on a white background, using my phone camera. Zoomed in as much as I can without getting blurry and stationary about 3 inches above the coin. Lighting is a desk light about 10 inches away. This is the best I could come up with. Certainly open to any and all suggestions for better pics, thanks. EDIT - The bulb in the light is a 40 watt. Perhaps if I switched to a higher wattage bulb and the same setup it would yield better results? Or am I just doomed because it's a phone camera? Edited by illz 08/09/2013 11:18 am Report this Post to the Staff
BadThad Bedrock of the Community United States 19935 Posts	Posted 08/09/2013 10:47 pm Does the phone have a white balance calibration option? Lincoln Cent Lover! VERDI-CARE™ INVENTOR https://verdi.care/ Report this Post to the Staff
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