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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;philologus_1, post: 4369411, member: 92212&quot;]I&#039;d click 100 &quot;Likes&quot; if I could! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>There is benefit to a dealer having their customers open a coin envelope to see a newly purchased coin for the first time, and have the customer experience that wonderful feeling of, &quot;Wow! This coin is better in hand!&quot; That results in pleased customers, which leads to repeat customers -- and fewer returns.&nbsp; But the other side of that is that, presuming the coin was truly nicer in hand than the image showed, if the coin&#039;s image had been closer to what the coin really looked like it may have sold more quickly. Or possibly with less of a discount requested/granted. In that same vein, auction listings may very well receive more bidding if the the images looked as nice as the coin actually is.</p><p><br /></p><p>For the coin photographs that I take for myself (and for when I occasionally list on eBay), my goal is to make the image look as much like what the coin actually looks like &quot;in hand&quot; as possible. That includes details, surface, AND coloration of patina.&nbsp; I&#039;m not naive in this regard though. Having taken a boatload of coin pictures I&#039;m fully aware that the effort to make the photograph of a coin look close to 100% of what the coin actually looks like &quot;in hand&quot; takes far more time than dealers (and auction house photographers) can devote to the task.&nbsp; Doing so just isn&#039;t economically feasible.&nbsp; And so, we certainly should cut them slack.&nbsp; They need to stay solvent, and lets face it... we need <u>them</u>! After all, do they not supply our quasi-addiction? ;-)</p><p><br /></p><p>Big caveat here: I think that aiming for a coin&#039;s image to look 100% like what the coin actually looks like &quot;in hand&quot; is a good goal. But not 120%, if you know what I mean.&nbsp; Anything done to make any aspect of a coin look <b>better</b> than what the coin actually looks like &quot;in hand&quot; should be discourteously frowned upon. Lastly, I should add that aiming for a coin&#039;s image to look 100% like what the coin actually looks like &quot;in hand&quot; is as much of a good goal when a coin is Extra-Fine as it is when a coin is Extra-Ugly. :-o&nbsp; Let your coin photographs put the coin&#039;s accurate foot forward.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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