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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2506851, member: 19463&quot;]A skill worth developing is reading photographs of coins.&nbsp; I see nothing deceptive in the images shown but just photos that show what a coin looks like in different light qualities and directions.&nbsp; This list regularly acts like a coin photo is required to match what one member will see when they look at the coin wherever it is that they look at coins.&nbsp; The problem is not all of us have the same lights and will not see the same thing with the same coin.&nbsp; Even wiggling a coin changes the waylight reflects from metal surfaces.&nbsp; Certainly you might call it deceptive to take a photo of a coin that shows it in its best light.&nbsp; I might say that big dealers that use black and white images of coins are being deceptive by hiding the color of the coin. Sallent&#039;s Postumus pair is a good example of the difference between light reflecting back into the camera and light grazing the surface highlighting texture.&nbsp; Both look like the coin.&nbsp; I believe it is up to each of us to learn the difference if we consider that difference important.&nbsp; I have shiny silver coins and matte black coins in my collection.&nbsp; One is not necessarily &#039;better&#039; than the other.&nbsp; Dark coins do require a brighter light to enjoy than do light ones.&nbsp; I carry a small but bright light when I go to coin shows.&nbsp; It helps.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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