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New Member
United States
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Edited by soccerplyr0004
03/24/2022 12:52 pm
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 United States
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Cannot grade with those pics. John1  |
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
1273 Posts |
Yeah the angle is wrong. You need to be directly above with the camera, and try light sources from different angles (I use a desk light from Amazon but most people use what are called jansco lights. Experiment with diffusing the light with tissue paper also which makes the light less harsh. At that angle I just can't grade it at all. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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looks highly polished
IN NECESSARIIS UNITAS - IN DUBIIS LIBERTAS - IN OMNIBUS CARITAS THE MAN IN THE ARENA, Theodore Roosevelt at the Sorbonne Paris on April 23, 1910: " It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." My coin website: https://fairfaxcoins.com |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
735 Posts |
I agree looks cleaned / polished maybe au detail, which is most likely causing too much reflectivity and that is why its so hard to get a proper photo.
I've been collecting for a couple years... Favorite Coin's are Standing Liberty quarters, Working on my type set | Coffee, Corvettes, Coins & the CCF what could be better? |
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New Member
 United States
45 Posts |
It's not that polished looking in person I'll have to mess around with the lights more tonight.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Much better pics of both sides needed.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2003 Posts |
From these pics it appears to be AU. Possibly details if it has been polished. I couldn't get the video to play to show the cartwheel effect.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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photos are poor. too poor to determine anything. way too much glare however looking past that the coin appears to have been heavily polished buts its hard to say using these.
do not use overhead lighting
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1048 Posts |
Keep trying with the pics ... it takes some practice but it is very rewarding once you get them right. I'm sorry if our forum isn't the most encouraging place sometimes. The simplest way to get reasonable results with lighting is to move your coin and camera outdoors on a nice day, to a brightly lit place that's not directly in the sun. You're much more likely to get usable pics, and the experience gained will help you with artificial lighting later. Pics aside, you should be able to tell if the coin is polished. Natural luster on a (non-PL, non-cameo) Peace dollar is often just a tiny bit velvety, or milky. Polishing results in an unnaturally uniform, glaring surface (and vastly reduces the value of the coin). Polishing will also leave tell-tale micro-abrasions visible under a microscope. Edited by pristine2
03/26/2022 08:26 am
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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your second set does not appear to be polished but they are a little out of focus. she looks MS but cannot say for sure as the surfaces are not focused enough. best guess without better photos maybe MS63 but now we dont have a good shot of the reverse  need to work on your photography. you gotta stay away from any overhead lighting.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Coin appears to have been cleaned but these photos make it hard to tell.
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