I've noticed that NGC Photo Vision shots do a great job of showing a coin's color, but a pretty bad job of showing off luster. Any videos or write-ups of their process? I'm wondering if they use axial lighting. Also, anybody know how their process differs from PCGS TrueView? It would be interesting to do a side-by-side comparison of any crossover coins that were submitted for both imaging services.
There’s people that can make informed guesses, but anyone that knows the actual setups aren’t allowed to publicly talk about them. Same goes for the auction houses.
I have PCGS TrueView and NGC Photo Vision shots of the same 1936 Satin Proof Lincoln cent. Below is the PCGS TrueView shot full image). I couldn't upload the full file size image of the NGC Photo Vision shot in this post because when I tried, I got a "file too large" message. So I had to alter the image size by downgrading the photo fidelity . That tells you that the NGC Photo Vision image file is larger (presumably more detailed) than the PCGS TrueView image. fyi - PCGS said details - questionable color; cracked out and submitted to NGC who gave it PF 63RB.
The PCGS image that you posted is 1920 x 963. PCGS images are available in resolutions up to 5757 x 2905. Cal
I went back to the old emails I received for TrueView photos for other coins I submitted to PCGS for grading, and you're correct, they offer much higher resolution images than what I posted. They offer choices for resolution -- max is actually 6000 x 3000. I must have dowloaded the PCGS obverse/reverse photo for the 1936 satin proof cent from the PCGS website somehow, because I didn't submit it for grading to PCGS nor requested the TrueView photos. The previous owner did, and I purchased it as a PCGS details - questionable color coin, and submitted it to NGC for grading. Interesting part of the prior owner's actions was that he/she originally had it graded by ANACs who graded it Proof 65 Red, and apparently the prior owner decided to crack it out and graded by PCGS.
