That doesn't make them right. :)
He doesn't image in daylight; in fact, he uses two different color temperatures to light his coins. It's plain in his images. One tungsten, one...
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You don't "rinse the acetone off." Acetone - if you're employing it - should be the last liquid which ever touches the coin. If the acetone is...
Don't hold the album upside-down.
It's as good as you'd expect the book written by the guy who designates the varieties to be.
You aren't the problem. The subsequent owners who resell the coin without mentioning it has been cleaned are. Then again, if an expert can't tell...
First round of work with the Verdi-Care. I shot this quick and dirty, without much attention to "presentation" appearance (the detail pics are...
Then it is my technique which needs refining. I do not do nearly the volume of photography that folks like you do, nor am I exposed to as many...
OK, last visit with the 1910-S until I have it reslabbed. Here's an interesting conundrum: This new-style PCGS slab, which laughed at headlight...
I'm guessing this was directed generally; I'll answer from my own viewpoint. 1) I consider it highly unlikely that features of this size, color...
You mean, besides supplying the silver they were minted from, by law (along with other Western silver mines)?
Please, one thread only....
If we assume the coin meets accepted standards for MS64, CAD$300 was not too bad a deal for that coin.
This stuff is the remnant of what a vicious attack on the coin's surfaces couldn't remove. The reverse was likely not visible at all before.
Note the credit at the bottom right of the image. That's Coop, and yes, Coop has images for everything. :) Seriously, Coop is the most prolific...
That has to be considered a possibility.
It very much is, but one which can be learned all the same. Overexpose the coin, increase contrast and saturation in postprocessing, and you have...
Good reason. :) Either way, it's heavily polished (third image from the left, the "bluish" obverse is the best tell), and you wouldn't be happy...
The only conclusion I'm willing to draw is that it's been polished. The images are not taken with the coin and lens parallel, so perspective...
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