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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ignoramus Maximus, post: 4365798, member: 104741&quot;]In my experience coins often look different in hand from how they look in pictures. Often you have to know the dealer/auction house you&#039;re dealing with to be able to judge beforehand how it&#039;s going to work out, but even then it&#039;s a toss up. I only once bought in a CNG auction and- lucky me- the coin looked much better in hand then in pics.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Like Roman Collector said, sellers often overexpose. It lightens up details on dark coins, but I feel some also do it to make silver coins look brighter and more desirable. Photography and reality have an ambiguous relationship, not only in numismatics...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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