Capped Bust Half Dime evaluation

What do you guys think of this coin?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1829-Capped...d=251090493100&ps=63&clkid=172887230288218609

 

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Pretty good for the price.

 

Thanks for the link buddy, I think I'm gonna Buy It Now.

Just playin . But seriously, it looks like a decent deal. It sure looks AU# to me without issues. But, I've been wrong many times before

 

You can take it. Its more than I currently have to spend, but it looks sweet to me. Just not sure of the price or if I'm missing something on the autheniticy of damage of the coin.

 

I never trust photos taken at that angle. It's the exact angle—slightly away from the viewer—that conceals the most marks. I read this in an informative source (darned if I can remember which) and have found it to be true.

 

I'm wondering about the edge at 11:00, it looks like it may have been repaired.

 

The rim looks strange to me at 5 and 11 o'clock. Any ideas on what is going on there?

See above.

 

Its better than this one which I think has some Vergis on the numbers

http://www.ebay.com/itm/251090493100?ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1426.l2648

 

Rather than take a chance you can get a graded AU-50 around 370. So why take the chance on getting a cleaned coin - I believe it is AU, but no promise it would grade cleanly.

 

Really. I often use that angle to reduce the glare that I get with a head on look.

 

I think what you are seeing is toning. This coin was probably cleaned at some point which is why there is all that "stuff" around the devices. It's certainly ugly IMHO...I wouldn't want it in my collection.

 

It sold for $201 which is sizably more than I'd pay for it.

 

Me too, I honestly wouldn't have bought it. I'm not buying any more coins that I don't really like. No more junk for me.

 

HAH

Bust Halves are now junk!

 

Not sure if you're being sarcastic but, yes, according to what I've read. It may have been in Scott Travers' The Coin Collector's Survival Manual, but I don't remember. The more you angle any coin away from the viewer's gaze, the fewer the apparent flaws and the nicer (smoother) the luster. A 15º or so angle—the angle the half dime is photographed at—is going to conceal the most marks and flaws—without making the coin look too suspiciously elliptical.

I've noticed that many ebay sellers use this "technique"; whether they've innocently stumbled upon it as a way to showcase their coins ("to reduce glare," as you say; etc.)—or know full-well it's going to conceal flaws—is anybody's guess, I imagine, and probably varies according to seller.

 

I'm not being sarcastic. A head on shot gives me a direct reflection from above head lighting. An angle allows the glare to shoot off away from the camera. I shoot coins often at an angle for that reason.

 

I would guess what you do is pretty common—to avoid glare, as you say. I would also guess that many ebay sellers tried this and realized how nice it makes their coins look!

 

I don't sell on ebay But I like to take coin pictures!