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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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A pet peeve of mine. Aside from getting grease and oils on the item, it is surely more stable to put the coin on a flat surface and steady the camera either with 2 hands or on a flat surface as well.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
8938 Posts |
Logic and less than geniuses don't quite mix
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Pillar of the Community
United States
6130 Posts |
"Please grade this, I think it is MS70"
*Holds coin on the face to take photo of the edge*
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
999 Posts |
I've often wondered this as well. From the people who are newbies and don't know any better, than OK I will give them a pass. However, I see this from some people on ebay who have sold 1000's of coins, which makes me scratch my head. |
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Bedrock of the Community
13014 Posts |
If it's a circulated coin it doesn't really matter much but it is a bit strange given how bad the aesthetics of those pictures look
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
3733 Posts |
especially with dirty fingernails, or hairy legs...
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
10284 Posts |
Besides the sellers who don't know any better, there are plenty of buyers who don't know the proper way to handle coins either so people like us on here get queasy about it, while others out there don't give it a thought. But I do agree, for most circulated coins it makes some but little difference.
What kills me is when a coin dealer will handle coins improperly or plop them on the counter.
For some medals, it does give me an approximate idea of how big the medal might be, when I can see the size of a hand underneath.
Edited by TNG
11/30/2019 8:22 pm
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
4618 Posts |
ANA ID: 3203813 - CONECA ID: N-5637 Clean a coin that may be worth collecting? Please DON'T! When in doubt, leave it dirty!! 
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Moderator
United States
16679 Posts |
Look at this shame   swcoin.ecrater.com
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7940 Posts |
FBI could even figure out whodunit  Though the guy has likely been dead 50 or 100 years. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4618 Posts |
OUCH! That fingerprint really hurts! I opened a mint sealed bag of 1974-D LMC once and found 2 or 3 large purple fingerprints on otherwise full red coins. If the mint kept a fingerprint file on mint employees in the seventies they should be able to tell me who was working with that bag. ANA ID: 3203813 - CONECA ID: N-5637 Clean a coin that may be worth collecting? Please DON'T! When in doubt, leave it dirty!!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5029 Posts |
Quote:
If it's a circulated coin it doesn't really matter much but it is a bit strange given how bad the aesthetics of those pictures look  |
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Forum Dad
United States
24155 Posts |
One the other day made me throw up in my mouth a little.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
20753 Posts |
It may well be that many millions of people just really don't know about fingerprints. They have never been told about oils and acids on your skin. Oddly enough even many dealers and collectors too don't realize this. I've seen those so called experts on TV handle coins with their bare hands all the time.
Either people don't know or just don't care.
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Moderator
United States
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It is a pet peeve of mine too. Here are a few examples of ebay listings showing hands I've seen in the past.   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1026 Posts |
It is a bit of a peeve of mine as well. It tends to turn me off from even buying the coin. I agree that it ruins the aesthetics. It also shows some laziness on the part of the seller. Can't they take the time to think about how that picture is going to look to the buyer when its posted. I know I have some specific backdrops that I like to use (a lighter colored wood table, a darker colored wood table and a black leather-bound book) and some different lighting options. I think about what back ground would make the coin look better. After all, the coin is the star of the show. (rant over)
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Posted 11/30/2019 7:45 pm
