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Message:: [QUOTE="SuperDave, post: 2448365, member: 1892"]Odd. On the one hand, the images are of tremendous quality and indicate a coin with really odd surface features. On the other hand, the seller is Kevin Vinton, a well-known EAC member with a specialization in Early Copper and Colonials, who makes all the major shows on both coasts and Florida. One would reasonably expect him to disclose any surface originality issues, as he does with items listed both on his website and at least one of the pieces currently offered at auction. If we, ahem, tone down the digital enthusiasm of overlighting for detail and in-camera .jpg processing (a problem if you don't specifically tell the camera to quit doing it), we arrive at something like this (the coin is probably darker yet in hand): [ATTACH=full]511490[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]511492[/ATTACH] Note, I changed not a whit of the color hues because the background (it's casting shadows; he didn't crop it off the original background) is quite white, indicating he probably got the white balance and therefore color correct. All I did was reduce the brightness levels and saturation, two areas I could see were highly suspect and known problems of digital imaging. Still unsure of the surfaces but it looks a little more realistic in these images. Either way, this is a dealer of sufficient reputation to just plain ask him his opinion of them.[/QUOTE]