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<p>[QUOTE="Mac McDonald, post: 7319931, member: 117420"]Indeed, photo lighting can be very misleading, if unintentionally, so it's hard to see the true color, and it could easily be more brown in person. Better to take without flash or direct/intense light...most cams today do just fine in a more natural, indirect but adequate light (not too indirect or shadowy). And with today's digitals, you can always review before posting, and retake as needed. Take straight-on/over, at 90-degrees...not at/from an angle. That said, agree it likely has some cleaning in its past, and maybe more than once...with "cleaning" running the gamut of rubbing between fingers to harsh chemicals/scrubbing. On the latter, cannot see/detect any fine scratches/hairlines as is, without mag, but also don't detect any harsher evidence that would likely be apparent in these photos. Most generally...understand there may be certain/few exceptions...that age/condition of copper will indeed be a dark(er) brown than this appears in the photo. On better circulated examples there can even still be traces of red, if sparse/faint, usually in/around lettering and rims.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Mac McDonald, post: 7319931, member: 117420"]Indeed, photo lighting can be very misleading, if unintentionally, so it's hard to see the true color, and it could easily be more brown in person. Better to take without flash or direct/intense light...most cams today do just fine in a more natural, indirect but adequate light (not too indirect or shadowy). And with today's digitals, you can always review before posting, and retake as needed. Take straight-on/over, at 90-degrees...not at/from an angle. That said, agree it likely has some cleaning in its past, and maybe more than once...with "cleaning" running the gamut of rubbing between fingers to harsh chemicals/scrubbing. On the latter, cannot see/detect any fine scratches/hairlines as is, without mag, but also don't detect any harsher evidence that would likely be apparent in these photos. Most generally...understand there may be certain/few exceptions...that age/condition of copper will indeed be a dark(er) brown than this appears in the photo. On better circulated examples there can even still be traces of red, if sparse/faint, usually in/around lettering and rims.[/QUOTE]
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