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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;RonSanderson, post: 2775583, member: 77413&quot;]This is yet another approach for a specific purpose. The vendor presented this nickel as <span style="color: #0000ff">1916 BUFFALO NICKEL- UNCIRCULATED !! LUSTER !!</span><span style="color: #000000"> Yet these were the vendor&#039;s photos (cropped and joined for display here). I sure don&#039;t see much sign of any LUSTER!! Maybe the vendor was trying to say the coin was better than the image?</span></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]641054[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>For this animation I was looking for a more clinical analysis, rather than showing luster or toning. I took five photos, as with the examples earlier in the thread. I used a new technique for positioning, though. The coin was tipped to the left, then slightly tipped toward the right in small steps. It was not rotated with respect to the lights or camera, only angled from left to right.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]641055[/ATTACH] </p><p>First, it does seem that the seller pushed the color over towards the red. They take a lot of photos, so this does not seem like an accident.</p><p><br /></p><p>Second, their photo of the obverse is overly dull and lifeless.</p><p><br /></p><p>Third, I would not call this luster. The reverse strike, in particular, shows lines from the planchet. In other threads people have theorized that a rough planchet interrupts the flow of metal that would give a shimmering cartwheel luster (or did I just make that up?). At any rate I would call this reflective, but not lustrous.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think the animation helps to show the coin as it is. I also think the vendor could have attracted more bidders with the animation. Although this date is not hard to find in upper grades, this is a nice coin that could be sold without juicing the photo or shouting LUSTER!! in the title.</p><p><br /></p><p>For comparison, here are two of the still images that went into the animation.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]641056[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]641057[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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