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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bahabully, post: 837384, member: 17555&quot;]Oh,, abit of an aside, but still within the scope. Regarding reading pictures,, on ebay, or where ever. One thing I&#039;ve noticed over time and over a few purchases on the &#039;bay.</p><p>When you come across a picture in which there is part of a coin out of focus my old line of thought was always that the blurr indicated either wear (maybe because the wheat lines looked worn) or that the seller intentionally blurred the picture to hide wear.</p><p>What I have learned is quite the opposite:</p><p>1 - If you can read MS63 on one portion of a coin, and the other appears blurred due to focus,, most of the time the coin is just as nice as the portion of the coin that is in focus. The larger the portion that is in focus, the more confident you can be that the remainder is also just as nice.</p><p>2 - Most sellers on the &#039;bay are not good enough picture takers to intentionally hide wear on a subset of the coin surface by blurring out worn portions....... but standard disclaimers apply, there are always a few.. but in my experience, I have yet to find any. </p><p>3 - Most buyers will consider the out of focus areas to be wear and the coin will often sell at discount...</p><p>Moral of the story - read what you can when you come across a poor picture, use what you can see to judge the coin... most of the time you can assume the remainder of the coins is just as nice. I&#039;d also still look for a discount and would be hesitant to bid full price unless you really had a good feeling about reading the picture.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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