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United States
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Testing out my new camera set up here. Let's see how you do against PCGS. (There's a scratch on the front of the holder that slightly blurs the 'R' in TRUST)   |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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MS65RB with a strong strike. Nice detail in the beard there Abe!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Great pics! ....especially for thru-slab!
Not sure if PCGS dinged this coin 1pt for the weak reverse, if they were in a bad mood that day they could.
MS-64 RD
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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MS-63, If they didn't ding the coin for the weak left reverse wheat then they certianly did (or should have) for the chatter on the rim at 9 oclock on the obverse.
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United States
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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MS-64 RD.. Beautiful coin.  Are the dark smudges on the reverse on the holder? |
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 United States
237 Posts |
Overall, you were little too tough on this one.  Those brown spots are on the coin but slight spottiness won't kick a nice cent out of MS-65. Even the PCGS Photograde example of MS-65 is blotched up. I think the reverse photo threw the most people off, the reverse is very slightly mushy but not as bad as the photo shows. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Or PCGS was a little to liberal.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Notice the luster in the full slab pic. Little hits and dings are forgiven in favor of lusterous, eye appeal.
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United States
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I'll try later to get some other pictures, this was the first time I tried photographing a Lincoln so it's possible that I could do better.
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United States
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Here's some new pics. These ones really show the luster. Also now the scratch on the holder is obscuring the 'T' in TRUST.   Edited by SecretGlitch
01/01/2011 1:06 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Yea, much better! Now you can tell it's a 65....all day long. NICE!
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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If it weren't for the obverse, right field hit and reverse stains this would be a 66.
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United States
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My problem with the original picture is that the lighting was too even, which is fine for circulated coins, but really hides the luster on BU coins.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Not to mention through slab pics are tough because of the reflections. I've never tried it, but I hear car headlight polish and white mineral oil can help with slab pics.
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