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Won these on teletrade tonight. 2c is NGC 55 BN, 3c is Anacs 53 with a Repunched Date. I'm particularly pumped about the 2c.

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1873-P No Arrows Seated Dime open 3

Got here yesterday!! now just 17 more dates and my seated dime set semi complete.I don't think I will find 1870-CC!!! population is 1 known I think?
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Nice piece. Beautiful dime! I bought a 1875 CC the other day. On the verge of being XF. I'm sure you already have that one considering its dirt cheap for a CC coin. Would like to see more of these sometime!

 

Wow, that's quite an accomplishment to make it that far with a Seated Dime collection! :thumb:

 

I just love seeing close up detail of coins. You have the admit the wide rims on MPL's make some of the best subjects for macro lens's

 

I have one exactly like this except it doesn't have a dome and it is a penny die with two mint state cents attached to the base. The cents are 1959. I received it for Christmas from a fellow coin collector in my coin club!

 

I just posted this in the Toned Coin thread, however it's a New Acquisition too. Just bought this last night. Something about the toning on this just spoke to me, prompting me to pay a very steep 6x toning premium at $392. I don't think I have ever seen a nicer and more striking color combination on a Morgan. It's a common date toner, and MS63 looks right based on the cheek hits, but a big WOW on the color. I just had to buy this one, even at that high price. Will let you know what it looks like in hand when I get it in the mail.

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Just won this;

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=360394412524&ssPageName=ADME:B:EOIBSA:US:1123

Must have been drunk, because I don't remember bidding. Haha.

 

It's pretty, but I'm guessing those are the sellers pics not yours? The colors look way juiced (i.e., the saturation looks boosted to the point of unnatural splotches). I hope it looks as good in hand as your 6x premium wants it to!

 

brg5658, it's returnable if I dont like it (I only buy stuff off the net with a return policy). And I, like most of us, have been disapointed with a coin after seeing the sellers photo. In any case, I will post my own photos when I get it in hand (even I am curious!). In the sellers favor is the fact that I have bought 3 coins in the past from that same seller (all keepers).

Morgans have some of the best toning amongst all US Coins due to their long storage in sulfur laden mint bags -- so they do sometimes look too flourescent to be true. I bet you would have thought this coin was "juiced" too. Here is a PCGS TrueView photo of one of my good Morgan toners. Yes, this coin really looks like that! So I think the Morgan I posted above is in the realm of possibility as it looks less bright, less flourescent, and less lit up that this Morgan shot by PCGS's in-house professional photographer. But who knows until that package arrives, right?

 

I don't doubt the colors, but note the blotchy almost pixelated types of color in the 1884 especially on Ms. Liberty's hat. Those are the tale-tell signs of digitally oversaturated photos. The PCGS photo looks completely natural to me. I'm also a semi-pro photographer (granted, I don't have the $100,000 worth of equipment like the PCGS photographer), but I can spot over saturated photos from a mile away.

 

I like the colors very much.. hope it looks as good in hand when you get it and I will look forward to photos...

 

I really like the obverse on the 1885...

 

Those mercs look really nice~~

 

So much controversy. It's interesting.

As an experiment I took the sellers photo and reduced the color saturation by 30%. Posted below is the result. I have to say I still like it even with a drastic saturation reduction.

Well, in any case, all of this is just gyrating in place, blind. I won't have any idea what this coin really looks like until I get it in-hand. Even I am really curious. Will definitely post new pictures when it comes, as this is educational for all of us!

 

Winged Liberty, based on your previous experiences with the dealer, I can almost guarantee you that the coin will be gorgeous in hand. I'm n no way trying to knock it...it's stunning. I'm just stating that the saturation is off...and unfortunately, once you have saved out a file with bumped saturation, you can't reverse it with simply reducing the saturation on your side. You have to go back to the raw files. Nonetheless, I'm not trying to create a stir...and I'm excited to see the more accurate pics when you get it in hand. Do you plan to submit it to PCGS for imaging?

Cheers,
-Brandon

 

Brandon, thanks for the info on saturation. I am no expert with photoshop, but what you said makes sense. I was just trying to get a guage on what it might look like less saturated. I think the bigger question here not so much about the juicing of the sellers photo but if this coin was AT'd. I guess it's possible as many AT'd coins make it into holders (esp NGC holders). AT vs. NT is always a difficult question as supposedly it's all about intent.

In terms of getting this TrueView Photographed ... It's in an NGC holder and PCGS is notorious for not crossing NGC coins. So I would have to crack it out and submit it to PCGS raw to have a shot at PCGS holdering. And PCGS will only TrueView Photograph PCGS graded coins. If I like this coin in hand and end up keeping it, it would be easier for me to ship this one off to one of the many great private coin photographers as I use an iPhone for my photos (which has a lot of limitations).

Speaking of coin photography. How many of us have seen the same coin with a DRASTICALLY different look based on who photographed it? So certainly photographing coins is an art.

This is the SAME coin. Top Photo taken by Todd of BluCCPhotos in May of this year and bottom photo taken by Phil of PCGS TrueView in August of this year. I bet if someone saw just the bottom photo they might think the image was juiced. However it's just that at a certain lighting and viewing angle the coin takes on those wild colors. So either one of these photos, alone, really doesnt tell the whole story.

It's wild isnt it? Which photo is right? Both photos are right! It just depends on the angle.

 

Wow nice:bow::bow::bow::bow::bow::bow:
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Thanks, they are real sharp for their grades. I can't believe the 36-S didn't get a gold sticker, its a really really nice 64 I guess.