How About This 1920-S Mercury Dime?

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honest_abe New Member United States 18 Posts	Posted 02/14/2024 12:46 pm * Edited by Staff to Add Denomination to Title. It's very important to have in the title. * AU-50? Also, please critique the photography. All the feedback in my previous posts was extremely helpful. Report this Post to the Staff

Spence Moderator United States 34427 Posts	Posted 02/14/2024 1:22 pm I'll defer to others on the grade but will comment about the pics. They are large, cropped, and in focus, which is awesome. However, there is a bit of glare in places, which sometimes hides important features used in assessing the surface condition. I assuming you are already diffusing the light sources--maybe make them even a bit more diffuse? "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
DOCC Pillar of the Community United States 1502 Posts	Posted 02/14/2024 1:24 pm Really hard to pinpoint a grade with the images. It looks really grainy to me. I'm sure it is just the images but I find that they take away the luster that appears to be there. Try reducing the sharpness setting on your scope, that may help a bit. Report this Post to the Staff
numismatic student Bedrock of the Community United States 11898 Posts	Posted 02/14/2024 2:59 pm AU53 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 Report this Post to the Staff
jacrispies Pillar of the Community United States 3848 Posts	Posted 02/14/2024 3:43 pm Coin looks a little bright in color, I like it at a net AU-50. With your photography, there is too much light on the coin, washing out the surfaces and making it impossible to see the depth and location of possible damage. Depending on your setup, the background color will make a difference. I see your background is black, which would automatically increase the exposure time which floods out the coin. I have found that a light gray makes the most accurate and easiest exposure to work with. If you are working with a manual camera, you should be able to adjust your settings accordingly. Once you nail the exposure and white balance, you can make the small tweaks! Suffering from bust half fever. Want to learn how to attribute early half dollars by die variety? Click Here: http://goccf.com/t/434955 Shoot me a PM if you are looking to sell bust halves. Report this Post to the Staff
Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 02/14/2024 5:52 pm I'll say AU-50. to the CCF! Report this Post to the Staff
IndianGoldEagle Bedrock of the Community United States 36832 Posts	Posted 02/14/2024 6:16 pm Looks AU-50 but photos are too bright to determine if it was cleaned. Report this Post to the Staff
Errers and Varietys Bedrock of the Community United States 74658 Posts	Posted 02/14/2024 10:29 pm I'd say AU. Light circulation wear, on the high points. Errers and Varietys. Report this Post to the Staff
panzaldi Bedrock of the Community United States 18687 Posts	Posted 02/15/2024 4:29 pm i agree AU50 Report this Post to the Staff
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