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<p>[QUOTE="s_mack, post: 920992, member: 25917"]Perhaps I should just do what eBay sellers do and put WORSE photos on, not better. I do believe my photos accurately represent the coin - though some of the scratches are on the plastic, there are a significant number of markings on the coin surfaces themselves. I scanned that at 1200 DPI so you're able to see just about everything. So perhaps a samller, lower resolution scan would have been better. Less detail = less markings. When you look carefully at the PCGS MS64 pic, you can see shadows and if they had as high quality image as I've uploaded, I'm sure it would have tons of scratches visible too.</p><p> </p><p>So my problem seems to be that my "crappy" scans are too good (in terms of accurately representing the surface) but doing myself a disservice in that they are not good enough (in showing it in the best light for marketability)</p><p> </p><p> - Steven[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="s_mack, post: 920992, member: 25917"]Perhaps I should just do what eBay sellers do and put WORSE photos on, not better. I do believe my photos accurately represent the coin - though some of the scratches are on the plastic, there are a significant number of markings on the coin surfaces themselves. I scanned that at 1200 DPI so you're able to see just about everything. So perhaps a samller, lower resolution scan would have been better. Less detail = less markings. When you look carefully at the PCGS MS64 pic, you can see shadows and if they had as high quality image as I've uploaded, I'm sure it would have tons of scratches visible too. So my problem seems to be that my "crappy" scans are too good (in terms of accurately representing the surface) but doing myself a disservice in that they are not good enough (in showing it in the best light for marketability) - Steven[/QUOTE]
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