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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;RonSanderson, post: 4234994, member: 77413&quot;]I am going to disagree with about everyone.</p><p><br /></p><p>Taking your own pictures is going to be the best teacher about understanding other people’s pictures. Once you make all the mistakes in lighting, focus, and exposure (I have!) you can see what went wrong in the seller’s photo, and see past that to figure out what the coin really looks like.</p><p><br /></p><p>The photos from GSC have their own style. They get a bit grainy as they keep the resolution down to a fairly small number of pixels for their eBay posts.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have bought quite a few coins from them. From their pictures, I see a MS 65 RD 1909 VDB, which you got at a nice price under $50.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think it looks a lot like this one of mine, which I post so you can compare what’s visible in their photo compared to a higher resolution photo. I paid $36 for this one. I think this is probably MS 65 RD, so should be what you see when yours arrives. Price guide value would be $160 for MS65 RD.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1082531[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Edit: I took the original GSC photos from your screenshots, cropped, joined, and color adjusted them. Now you can see the surface marks better. They are pretty clean with no unusual scratches. There is a long mark in front of Lincoln&#039;s nose at the 3:00 position, but it does not look like a ding, a scratch, or a planchet flaw. It will not affect the grade or your enjoyment. There are two small marks at the back of the head, again very minor. The small variations in coloring you see look totally natural and are not an issue of any kind. It simply looks terrific.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1082649[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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