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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;krispy, post: 730776, member: 19065&quot;]Glad the illustration works for you. However, this isn&#039;t 1880. We fortunately have more options for reproduction and visual description at our disposal. Of course the Mint uses an illustration since they need something in place to represent the design ahead of actual production to start attracting buyers. </p><p><br /></p><p>I didn&#039;t say anything remotely related to wanting the Mint to post a &#039;high res&#039; photo of a coin, just a &#039;representative photo&#039;. I&#039;m sure if anything, they&#039;d only put up an appropriate or even watermarked low res file, anything better would be a problem for some web users and also could be used as a tool by others for malicious purposes. Many websites put up a &#039;representative photo of the coins they sell. Apmex.com has them for instance. </p><p><br /></p><p>Of course the Mint wouldn&#039;t make any claims to their coins grades, that&#039;s not their business nor issue to deal with. A simple legal disclaimer, as found in all manner of product advertising, especially IF making any claims to a products quality or performance, can be used to discourage buyers from thinking the coin in &#039;photographic representation&#039; is anything other than a device for picturing the product to be procured. </p><p><br /></p><p>As an aside and not the intention of what a &#039;representative photo&#039; would be used for above, it&#039;s ironic to the nature of coin collectors who preach not to buy coins sight-unseen, but they do it all day long from the Mint and lots get burned and need to return/exchange product.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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