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Capturing an accurate representation on physical item isn't as easy as I imagined. Hopefully the representation is good enough to get opinions. I have a few others, hopefully my skill improves to help when asking for help. Thank you in advance.   |
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 I am not good at grading,that said...AU58? John1  |
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Me either. I study and study the photograde sites and books and youtube... But its like some Lincoln cents on PCGS graded highly look pretty rough and I get excited for a second, then scope, magnify, high-res photo some stuff, and it looks like crap again. Lol. I guess some years/mints dinged, gashed, marked up is high grade for the years.
This example is cracked from a mint set and seemed to display better than the others is why I choose it first to have judged by the more skilled.
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Bedrock of the Community
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I'll say MS-66RD. to the CCF! |
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Bedrock of the Community
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looks ;like a black line in front of the profile in the field as well as a small area at K2 in the field where it looks like the original surface is missing or dull. this will affect grade. also looks like a small hit on the forehead. when you get to 66 level every little think makes a difference
MS65RD shot at 66
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Pillar of the Community
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 with panzaldi That forehead hit looks significant. Assuming the luster is still there (not showing up in the photos) and that line previously pointed out isn't that noticeable in hand, MS 65 Edited by captainkurt
01/04/2023 3:45 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
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I think I'm seeing a forehead doink. That obverse linear feature (black) is noticeable. I'm going with MS64+ at the moment.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Not a bad first attempt at pics for a forum newbie - good cropping! Nice job!
I think your obverse pictures are showing flaws than in hand. The hair, forehead, and cheek are typically weak on these. A major right, obverse field scuff hurts it more than anything. The lack of any major hits, especially to the reverse, it surprising.
I might go 66 but I can't read the luster and fields well enough with those pics.
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01/04/2023 11:44 pm
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thank you. that was poor lighting setup for sure. tried a few techniques last night that worked fairly well, but its been so long since ive actually used lightroom or photoshop other than to make kid prints, I forgot how to use the silly color correction card to make it easy. x-rite color passport thing. recall it working well. and I tried s few axial lighting setups with what I had laying around....thats the ticket for luster for sure.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Your white balance is excellent, thank you for using a white background so I could tell.
Your pictures are good but flat. You need some direct light on the coins so you can bring out the cartwheel spokes/luster. I don't recommend ANY post processing other than to crop and resize for web use. I never ever use post processing, I consider it cheating. You CAN get everything you need in a coin pic using light and camera only. The ultimate goal is to post pictures that get as close as possible as to what you're seeing in hand.
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