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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mikenoodle, post: 836838, member: 307&quot;]My point is that although pictures may give us clues as to luster, the quality of the pictures will have a huge impact on the perceived grade. This is why there is no substitute for examining a coin in hand and judging pictures is largely a crap shoot when it comes to the uncirculated grades.</p><p><br /></p><p>Were your grading contest to include a large amount of coins in circulated grades, it would be a lot easier to trust the results. What I am finding here is that the most subtle part of Mint State coin grading (in this case the luster and color) are the most difficult parts of a picture to depict accurately. That basically leaves our grading ability as a direct product of your photography skills.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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