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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lehigh96, post: 2295995, member: 15309&quot;]The quality of digital photography these days is outstanding.&nbsp; There is no reason that you can&#039;t accurately assess the surface preservation, strike, and eye appeal of a coin using a quality digital photograph.&nbsp; The difficulty arises when you try to evaluate luster.&nbsp; The other problem is that raw problem coins can hide their problem in photos.&nbsp; That said, if you are buying certified coins, that is not an issue.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I have bought 100% of my collection online using nothing but digital photographs to evaluate the coin.&nbsp; I can count on one hand how many times I have returned a coin because the photo did not accurately portray the quality of the coin.&nbsp; I challenge anyone to view my collection and tell me that it consists of overgraded dreck.</p><p><br /></p><p>Furthermore, I have been posting Guess the Grade threads on this forum for years.&nbsp; I know that they have been valuable teaching tools for many of the people who viewed them.&nbsp; To state that photographs are harmful to the grading process is simply ridiculous.&nbsp; While an in hand inspection of the the coin is the best way to grade a coin, verifying an assigned grade by a 3rd party grading service can be done with a quality digital image a large majority of the time.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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