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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;WingedLiberty, post: 1260808, member: 26030&quot;]The images below are of an AU58 Indian Cent that I bought in May of this year -- photographed by two different professional coin photographers.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is probably only an issue with colorfully toned coins ... but it&#039;s really amazing to me how different two top-notch professional coin photographers can make a coin look.&nbsp; It&#039;s important to note that the photo on the bottom was taken with the coin out of the slab, while the top photo was hindered by the slab plastic.&nbsp; So the top photographer did have a significant handicap. Both of these photos are WAY better than what I can do, so kudos to both photographers.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I sometimes feel just a single photograph, which is what you typically get on eBay or on an auction site, just doesn&#039;t do a coin justice, especially with colorfully toned coins.&nbsp;&nbsp; It&#039;s noteworthy that the coin in hand looks more like the top photo in typical (room) lighting conditions, but it does light up like the bottom photo at one special lighting angle with enough bright light.&nbsp; I wonder why most professional coin photographers only deliver a single photo, when often you need a few photos to see the range of colors and truly capture the totality of a coin.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I bet if I put the coin up for auction with the top photo only, I would get a nice premium, perhaps 1.3x.&nbsp; But if I put it up with the bottom photo only, I am thinking I might get close to 2x, but probably have a higher chance for a return, since the buyer might be expecting a bluer coin.&nbsp; It&#039;s pretty clear that only if I provided both photos would I be giving a prospective buyer the best sense of the coin in hand.&nbsp; (This is probably why so many people don&#039;t like to buy stuff off the internet, based on a single photo only).</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]136454.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH]136455.vB[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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