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Valued Member
United States
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Tried different lighting, I think I made it worse. (Sorry for crooked reverse picture, I'm messing up all over tonight) - New pictures with no indoor light influence.   New pictures   Edited by Odee13
10/27/2025 11:08 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
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I'd go with a 63. The marks on the cheek should hold it back from a 64.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I agree with the MS-63 grade.
Errers and Varietys.
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
18638 Posts |
whatever photo enhancements you made...start over. we dont want altered photos we want what the coin looks like when you have it in your hand.
you can try this to see if it helps
1. turn off flash
2. place coin on flat surface with indirect natural light. Use a black or white background to avoid any reflective color
3. place a couple books on either side of the coin enough to move the phone about 3in from the coin. You may need to lay the phone sideways and adjust the photo orientation after.
4. set a 30 second timer.
5. place the phone across the books. This way, you are not holding the phone
6. zoom in using your fingers until the coin comes into focus and fills the cameras view finder
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Quote:
AU-58 slider.  "Nummi rari mira sunt, si sumptus ferre potes." - Christophorus filius Scotiae
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Valued Member
 United States
395 Posts |
Panzaldi I didn't use any filters on this photo, just 2.5x iPhone zoom on my living room couch. But I will use your tips moving forward, and provide new images. thanks!
Quick add to this comment Panzaldi, are you saying the color looks edited? When I look at images of graded 91 p's on PCGS I find many coins that have very similar color to this one? Regardless I well shoot better photos. The lighting in my living room is a softer yellow hue, maybe that's the reason these look different thanmy other coin pictures which I usually take on my office window seal.
Edited by Odee13
10/27/2025 11:06 am
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United States
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I like the rim toning. MS-63.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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63
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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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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i think there is too much lighting glare on the first set of photos. I'm betting the second set is more like in hand. if thats the case AU55
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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So which set of picture show the actual coin in hand?
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Valued Member
United States
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Marve it's honestly in between both - think about last photo but the toning isn't flat, it pops.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Looking at the first two pictures, I would say MS63  But! Looking at the last two pictures, I would say AU58  . . . It doesn't even look like the same coin, even though it is.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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Obviously the same coin; scratches are identical.
I will go with the best pics.
MS-62, but I would not object to other opinions at 63.
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Posted 10/27/2025 06:08 am
