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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 3337803, member: 19463"]While I value the number of coin photos available today I would say 99% of them are so poor that it is hard to tell everything about the coin I might like. A couple decades ago I was told that my correspondent really preferred plaster casts to photos. I wonder if he still feels that way. I have suggested several times that a stereo microscope is a great tool for coin students. I am a big fan of 3D imagery but very few people worth in that way and I do very few. Finally there is the matter that those who only look at coins photographed by someone else will have a harder time adding to the total knowledge of the subject. They will discover things that have already been discovered. I probably have more photos of my coins than most people but there are things to be seen on my coins hard to see even in the best photos. Finally there is that feel thing that make some of us so opposed to sealed slabs. I like to play in my coin vault and let them hit me on the head just like Scrooge McDuck. Let me see you do that with your photos. </p><p><img src="https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/875414294971559936/Hp52Cq6U_400x400.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>For the record, unlike Scrooge, I always wear pants when handling coins. I mention that for the comfort of those who have coins that used to be mine.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 3337803, member: 19463"]While I value the number of coin photos available today I would say 99% of them are so poor that it is hard to tell everything about the coin I might like. A couple decades ago I was told that my correspondent really preferred plaster casts to photos. I wonder if he still feels that way. I have suggested several times that a stereo microscope is a great tool for coin students. I am a big fan of 3D imagery but very few people worth in that way and I do very few. Finally there is the matter that those who only look at coins photographed by someone else will have a harder time adding to the total knowledge of the subject. They will discover things that have already been discovered. I probably have more photos of my coins than most people but there are things to be seen on my coins hard to see even in the best photos. Finally there is that feel thing that make some of us so opposed to sealed slabs. I like to play in my coin vault and let them hit me on the head just like Scrooge McDuck. Let me see you do that with your photos. [IMG]https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/875414294971559936/Hp52Cq6U_400x400.jpg[/IMG] For the record, unlike Scrooge, I always wear pants when handling coins. I mention that for the comfort of those who have coins that used to be mine.[/QUOTE]
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