1943 copper wheat cent?

Okay I was going through ebay coins and I find this guy selling 1943 steel cents. So I'm like ehh its just steel.. no biggy.
but then I notice something.. In the picture the bottom left coin really really really looks copper..
maybes It's just me.
http://cgi.ebay.com/16-1943-steel-w...Individual&hash=item3caeb0ee12#ht_1991wt_1139

 

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It's both your limited experience viewing bad coin photos and the bad photo itself. The coin is reflecting the color of something else in the room and this is captured in the image. Perhaps it is the skin-tone of the guy making the photo that's captured in the reflection or his clothes that's causing the reflection. nothing special. move along.

 

A lot of people's cameras make silver color look bronze. As a for instance, I just bought this ornament expecting it to be bronze. WRONG! It is aluminum which I already have 2 of. (It was cheap and I need the box that came with it.)

 

Not saying the seller has a problem, but 0 feedbacks. Some sellers like to post photos that give buyers the impression they may get something they won't - like a 1943 copper cent.

 

It could be a 1943 Copper Cent fresh off the presses of Chinese Counterfeiters. I saw one the other day in my Counterfeit Dectection course at ANA Summer Seminar.

 

Is it me or do all the coins look copper with the bottom, left coin looking the most copper?

 

Could be a reflection or just somebody trying to suck somebody into thinking they may be getting an ultra rare coin. Either way I wouldn't spend more than a few cents each for them.

 

It's probably just dark colored but I love how they say they are all almost mint and none of them appear to be anything close to. Granted when they don't use proper terms they usually don't know what they are talking about either.

 

Why would you bring up an old thread just to post that?

 

Exactly

 

Here is a pic of my first attempt at a coin photo. As you can see, a camera can make a silver coin look copper, it all depends on the lighting. The Ike shopwn is a normal Ike.

 

Your picture actually is pretty descent, but you need to adjust and/or set the white balance. That usually is not too difficult.

 

I have a different setup now and the pics are a lot better, at least they're the right color lol

 

Do you guys really not realize that this thread is a month old?

 

Not at first. I usually don't look at the dates, do most of my work from the "Recent Threads" sidebar.

 

i was going to say i thought orange gold left? i thought he was making a comeback!