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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;red_spork, post: 2507185, member: 74282&quot;][ATTACH=full]532743[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]532746[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]532744[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]532745[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]532742[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve just uploaded 5 pictures of the same toned silver coin, taken by &quot;Dealer 1&quot; in 2009, a previous owner in 2012, the &quot;dealer 1&quot; again in 2015, &quot;dealer 2&quot; later in 2015 and then finally, me in 2016. Which one of these is more accurate or, alternatively, is one less accurate than the others? At the end of the day, each one represents the way this coin looks in certain lighting scenarios when held at the right angle. Under my bright LED reading light at my desk this coin looks completely different than it does sitting on my front porch on a sunny day or sitting in my often dimly-lit cubicle at work, but very rarely is the lighting correct to make it look exactly like any of the photos posted above. Such is the difficulty with toned coins, especially given that every single dealer and auction house has a different photography setup and some like CNG have multiple photography setups being used for instance for e-auctions versus printed.</p><p><br /></p><p>As Doug said, the best you can do is learn to read images themselves. Except in exceedingly rare cases where photos are actually manipulated in such a way as to hide defects or are so out of focus that it hides defects(which IMHO is a red flag that says &quot;don&#039;t buy me&quot;), the differences you see are entirely consequential of differences in photography setups and not any intentional monkeying around by a seller.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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