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Page 2 of 3 < 1 2 3 >   LinkBack Thread Tools Rate Thread Display Modes 11-08-2009, 09:07 AM   #16 (permalink) ldhair Coin Collector     Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 1,699 That's not a bad image for a phone. My phone won't even come close. Can you tell us what it looks like in hand. Any luster? I'm thinking it's not as gray as in the image. __________________ Larry   11-08-2009, 02:45 PM   #17 (permalink) davemac dave     Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: ireland Posts: 1,044 My Mood: it has luster in hand one more try Attached Thumbnails       __________________ admitting we are wrong is a modest way of showing we have grown wiser   11-08-2009, 02:50 PM   #18 (permalink) CoinKeeper Keeper of Coins     Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Posts: 653 My Mood: Try taking a picture where a lightbulb is pointing down on the coin. That helps me capture luster. But make sure the light isn't reflecting right off the coin directly into the camera lens. __________________ All silver and gold is kept in a bank safe   11-08-2009, 02:52 PM   #19 (permalink) Ahab Member   Join Date: May 2009 Location: Oracle, Az. Posts: 125 My Mood: AU58 is my guess.   11-08-2009, 03:32 PM   #20 (permalink) davemac dave     Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: ireland Posts: 1,044 My Mood: Quote: Originally Posted by CoinKeeper Try taking a picture where a lightbulb is pointing down on the coin. That helps me capture luster. But make sure the light isn't reflecting right off the coin directly into the camera lens. Thanks i will try that Even do iam getting fed up at this stage Loging off for a hour or two talk later Dave __________________ admitting we are wrong is a modest way of showing we have grown wiser   11-08-2009, 06:38 PM   #21 (permalink) davemac dave     Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: ireland Posts: 1,044 My Mood: My last try at this stage you can tell me xf i dont care But i have to thank you all for your time & input Well exf is what i bought and i think that is what i got Again thanks Dave Attached Thumbnails     __________________ admitting we are wrong is a modest way of showing we have grown wiser   11-08-2009, 06:39 PM   #22 (permalink) tmoneyeagles Indian Buffalo Gatherer     Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: San Antonio Posts: 7,320 My Mood: Quote: Originally Posted by davemac My last try at this stage you can tell me xf i dont care But i have to thank you all for your time & input Well exf is what i bought and i think that is what i got Again thanks Dave From the last pics, I still say AU, but they show the cleaning even better. So AU55/58 details for me __________________ 2nd Annual CoinTalk Fundraiser Donations will be taken from March 1st to March 27th   11-08-2009, 07:03 PM   #23 (permalink) raider34 Morgans Morgans Morgans     Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: New York Posts: 3,679 My Mood: That last set of pics imo are the best, the color is much more natural then in the first pics. As for the grade there's some light wear throughout the coin, so I would say AU50-55. __________________ WINS# 801 **2nd Annual CT Fund: Official Thread!** (From March 1st-March 27th 2010)   11-08-2009, 07:35 PM   #24 (permalink) davemac dave     Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: ireland Posts: 1,044 My Mood: Quote: Originally Posted by raider34 That last set of pics imo are the best, the color is much more natural then in the first pics. As for the grade there's some light wear throughout the coin, so I would say AU50-55. Yepe i did something right I dount mind the grade At least i done something right In au50 i paid to much in ms i got it cheap But thanks be to god he allows me to like the coin that i have And thanks for all that helped me Dave __________________ admitting we are wrong is a modest way of showing we have grown wiser   11-08-2009, 07:38 PM   #25 (permalink) Mark Feld Rare coin dealer     Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: San Diego Posts: 1,744 Quote: Originally Posted by tmoneyeagles From the last pics, I still say AU, but they show the cleaning even better. So AU55/58 details for me I don't see any obvious cleaning and it looks approximately AU53-55 to me. Much better images.   11-08-2009, 07:40 PM   #26 (permalink) tmoneyeagles Indian Buffalo Gatherer     Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: San Antonio Posts: 7,320 My Mood: Quote: Originally Posted by Mark Feld I don't see any obvious cleaning and it looks approximately AU53-55 to me. Much better images. So you aren't seeing any of the hairlines I'm seeing on the reverse of the coin? Look at all the pictures given, and I would say this coin has been cleaned. __________________ 2nd Annual CoinTalk Fundraiser Donations will be taken from March 1st to March 27th   11-08-2009, 07:45 PM   #27 (permalink) Mark Feld Rare coin dealer     Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: San Diego Posts: 1,744 Quote: Originally Posted by tmoneyeagles So you aren't seeing any of the hairlines I'm seeing on the reverse of the coin? Look at all the pictures given, and I would say this coin has been cleaned. I don't know which ones you're seeing. And maybe the coin has been cleaned, but if it has, it's not a given to me, based on the images. And by the way, coins can acquire hairlines other than through cleaning,   11-08-2009, 07:46 PM   #28 (permalink) tmoneyeagles Indian Buffalo Gatherer     Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: San Antonio Posts: 7,320 My Mood: Quote: Originally Posted by Mark Feld I don't know which ones you're seeing. And maybe the coin has been cleaned, but if it has, it's not a given to me, based on the images. And by the way, coins can acquire hairlines other than through cleaning, So are you saying, based on the images, that the coin is original? __________________ 2nd Annual CoinTalk Fundraiser Donations will be taken from March 1st to March 27th   11-08-2009, 08:04 PM   #29 (permalink) Mark Feld Rare coin dealer     Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: San Diego Posts: 1,744 Quote: Originally Posted by tmoneyeagles So are you saying, based on the images, that the coin is original? No, I'm saying that based on the limitations of viewing it via on-line images, I'm not going to declare it cleaned, as you did.   11-08-2009, 08:06 PM   #30 (permalink) tmoneyeagles Indian Buffalo Gatherer     Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: San Antonio Posts: 7,320 My Mood: Quote: Originally Posted by Mark Feld No, I'm saying that based on the limitations of viewing it via on-line images, I'm not going to declare it cleaned, as you did. Alrighty Mark, still sticking to what I said, based on the images, I believe it to be a cleaned coins, and I feel better images would need to be seen to better prove my point, or prove me wrong. __________________ 2nd Annual CoinTalk Fundraiser Donations will be taken from March 1st to March 27th   Page 2 of 3 < 1 2 3 > Bookmarks Digg del.icio.us StumbleUpon Google Would you like to support CoinTalk? Coin Talk Code of Honor 1. Post unto others as you would have them post unto you. 2. Keep it clean, like a 1950s family television show. 3. 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