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<p>[QUOTE="brg5658, post: 4922220, member: 29751"]The <b>NGC</b> photos show luster better than yours I think. I actually think they are more akin to how the coin would look in hand - especially gold which is very lustrous at almost any grade.</p><p><br /></p><p>The <b>Heritage </b>images are always flat. Heritage uses a highly diffuse lighting source, and have to image hundreds of coins (if not thousands) every week - so they need to have a consistent and high throughput imaging process. You get used to interpreting them over time, and they are <i><b>consistent </b></i>- which is a plus. They are not meant to be professional quality coin images.</p><p><br /></p><p>Below is a coin I purchased from Heritage in 2015. This is what the Heritage slab images looked like:</p><p><img src="https://brgphoto.com/images/photo15/1899_sixpence_PCGS_OGH_MS65_ha_slab.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>And these are my images of the coin in hand:</p><p><img src="https://brgphoto.com/images/photo15/1899_sixpence_PCGS_OGH_MS65_toned_composite_zpsswbsklvz.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="brg5658, post: 4922220, member: 29751"]The [B]NGC[/B] photos show luster better than yours I think. I actually think they are more akin to how the coin would look in hand - especially gold which is very lustrous at almost any grade. The [B]Heritage [/B]images are always flat. Heritage uses a highly diffuse lighting source, and have to image hundreds of coins (if not thousands) every week - so they need to have a consistent and high throughput imaging process. You get used to interpreting them over time, and they are [I][B]consistent [/B][/I]- which is a plus. They are not meant to be professional quality coin images. Below is a coin I purchased from Heritage in 2015. This is what the Heritage slab images looked like: [IMG]https://brgphoto.com/images/photo15/1899_sixpence_PCGS_OGH_MS65_ha_slab.jpg[/IMG] And these are my images of the coin in hand: [IMG]https://brgphoto.com/images/photo15/1899_sixpence_PCGS_OGH_MS65_toned_composite_zpsswbsklvz.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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