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From what I can make out, the seller was probably pretty close. Nice pick-up!

 

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Thanks rlm. It's nice you think that's a close grade! I will let you know what PCGS says in about a month. PCGS is always an adventure.

 

Thanks for sharing that info, will have to try that... are you holding it or simply propping it up against something to take your images?

 

will have to give that a try with the 34s Peace Dollar and a few others..

 

Particularly on toned coins!

 

I hold the coin in one hand and the iPhone in the other and move the coin around until it catches the light just right. I watch the preview on the face of the iphone to determine when to snap the shutter with my thumb. I usually take about 30 photos and a few are decent (most are blurry). The iPhone does the best with white lusterous silver or gold coins ... it struggles with toned (colorful) coins.

I have also made a few shots by leaning the coin slabs up against my computer monitor and shooting with a bright window reflection just to the left or right of the coin. You often have to post process the photo to adjust for brightness issues. The LEVELS adjustment in Photoshop is a good one.

If you have toned coins, you are better off hiring a good photographer like Phil at PCGS TrueView, Todd at BluCCPhotos, or John at VarSlab.com. However if you have regular white silver coins or bright copper coins, the iPhone does a great job.

 

sounds good, will have to give that a try tomorrow with some of the white silver coins.. I have thought about getting some of my toned ones done though it is nothing spectacular I would like to see how they truly look in photos..

 

I just got this today for 15 bucks , its my first early commemorative so Im happy even with the marks on it.

 

Here's one of my newer ones .

 

Now if you get it wrong , how many points can I give you . JK Dick I'm sure you can grade from pics better than anyone here .

 

Very nice looking half there....

 

This arrived yesterday. Filled a hole. Interesting difference between the color on each side.
Lance.

 

Got this in a couple of days ago.

 

Nice coin lance. Here is mine that I hope is on its way:

 

In-hand this IHC has spectacular eye appeal. Wonderful luster and amazing color.

Under magnification you can see that it is filled with serious die polish lines. Everywhere, all directions, both sides. The Mint worker must have been really peeved about something.

I'm especially surprised by the RB color designation, to the point where I think it must be a mechanical error. The 1888 (above) is tagged RB and should be BN, IMO. This one is as RD as they come.
Lance.

 

Wow, there are some serious die polish lines indeed.. how soon after a polish do these lines tend to diminish? In other words would this have been an early minting after the polish or is it just no way of knowing..

 

Since they are incused into the die they probably show pretty long into the life of the die , slowly diminishing . But someone with more expertise would have to tell you how long since there are many variables like width the dies are set at , pressure used etc .

 

That's true enough especially with striking pressure and the condition of the blanks ect.

I'm still learning but if I saw those on a raw coin, I would instantly think cleaned but like I said I am still learning.

 

Yes - but die polish lines are raised on the coin and lines from cleaning are incused. On shield nickels you can see them around the annulet and inside the shield all the time. I don't recall ever seeing one like lance's coin. Very nice coin Lance.