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Valued Member
United States
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Good afternoon, I have this Bicentennial Quarter to see if you can grade using my new lighting. This is mostly a test of my new light, my outdoor halogen bulb. I'm plagued with poor lighting in this room so this bulb really lights the place up. Safety is always first, so I attempted to photograph this quarter with a halogen bulb from a great distance. I wanted to get others opinions on this lighting perhaps different angles. My next item will be a better camera since I still use my cell phone. If you can grade it what would it be? Its got a nice yellow tone to it. Thank you, Jeremy     |
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Moderator
 United States
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Is the color true? It kinda looks like your white balance might be off a bit. John1  |
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Valued Member
 United States
76 Posts |
The bulb is fine it may just be the quarter. Here's another photo of a comparison quarter out of my pocket. This entire Bicentennial set is very yellow. I will pull out the others that this quarter went with. The Ike, half, dime, and nickel are all bright yellow from the same mint set. The penny is dark red.   |
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United States
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That's a nice tone on the 1976 quarter. John1 |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
1747 Posts |
you might want to add a light diffuser so that the shiny spots don't appear. there are lots of ways to DIY one, just google it.
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Valued Member
United States
76 Posts |
I use paper but I don't put it anywhere near the halogen bulb. That's how fires start, safety first. I use the paper next to me while the light is far away. I should of thought of this before.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
911 Posts |
Nice lighting, tone and detail. A little shine, in my opinion is fine as it shows the coins bu quality. I like the lighting effect on the 2nd set of photos.
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Valued Member
United States
76 Posts |
I was trying to see what this quarter would grade. I have a lot of unopened bicentennial mint sets (75 and 76) my father collected back in the day. A lot of them have toned yellow seeing them in their original plastic. I know they are common but I may have some that can hit pretty high in mint state. I will continue with my lighting fiasco.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I kind of thought it was toned when I first looked at it. I think it's a beautiful toned coin. Nice!
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Posted 09/09/2016 4:04 pm
