Like anything, it can be time consuming until you figure out your workflow, starting with taking and post-processing the 6 photos. Software used...
6 frames. The way a GIF works, I have to embed each frame in the order it's shown, so it's put together as 1-2-3-4-5-6-5-4-3-2. Frame 1 and 6...
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I've also done GIFs for certain coins. Mostly if it's a coin that you can't stop looking at while tilting it around in the light. 6 shots, loop...
To answer the original question, I present coins so they get sold and not returned. You want the coin in hand to just barely beat the expectation...
I have one, but I don't use it for coins. I prefer to have more direct and precise control over the lighting, and a diffusion tent doesn't give...
Nice set!
"Milk Spot Cameo RARE L@@@@@K!!!!!111"
I wouldn't use the term "most ideal" to describe the lighting conditions. The only thing that is ideal is the lack of a slab in front of a coin,...
At the beginning of the year, Brett Charville had an "ask me anything" thread running, and then answered several questions in that thread. One I...
I know one dealer who has had a customer return a coin because it didn't look like the TrueView, even though the dealer never posted TrueViews,...
I'm feeling 62 on that one. No heavy marks, but lots of little marks everywhere interrupt and impair the luster, making it seem dull. I don't...
63
Anecdotal examples are absolutely worthless for demonstrating the quality of a grading service, and this isn't even that. It's an assertion made...
Some people are born collectors, others aren't. Look for the collectors. It's much easier to get a born collector into coins than it is to make...
Purchases of PR61 Morgans typically end in regret. If you're looking for a proof Morgan type coin (not a 78 Rev 79,. 95, 21 Chapman, or legit...
Yes. Most common place for a Peace dollar die to crack.
Obverse looks like a 66. Great luster as a 23 should have, super clean cheek, clean fields. The reverse has some heavier marks on it and holds...
65. Luster, strike, eye-appeal are all very good. The fields are quite clean for a 78-CC. There are no heavy marks, and those on the cheek are...
I immediately saw the West German 50 Pfennig coin, and then wondered why someone would try to plant a tree in a rock at the base of another tree....
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