While John's post is a little off the subject, it would make a good topic (strike, method of manufacture) to discuss elsewhere, this is exactly the case. Folks who examine coins closely and know what they are doing have no difficulty. Just the other day I had to argue until the grade of a coin that looked like a VF was raised as its surfaces were virtually pristine as made!
Yeah, I got a slightly different problem with NGC's photos: I've had my coins back from NGC for about a month now, but the "NGC Photo Vision" photos (you know, kind of photos you PAY FOR?) look like absolute GARBAGE. This is the email response I gave to the NGC Photo Vision photos that they sent me: "THESE are the photos I paid for? The photos of these two pieces don't even look remotely like the same coins in-hand. The NGC "Photo Vision" photos (which to my shame I paid for) make my coins look like they came out on the losing side of an axe fight! And it's a little rude to have essentially told me that, "Oh, by the way, since it's June 1st, you'll be pretty much the LAST customer whose coins we will shoot through the plastic like this. Starting on June 1st, on we'll provide our customers with better service!" You could have just kept that little knife-twist to yourself. If my coins looked in-hand like they do in the photos, which they don't, all would be fair and I wouldn't have anything to complain about. Hopefully your new "raw-coin photo" service won't be providing to your (new) customers such poor-quality, oddly-lit photos that compliment your holders and not the coins inside them. I would like a response and an explanation from NGC, so please register this complaint with your management." Compare:
