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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gbroke, post: 1399460, member: 22585&quot;]There are certain sellers, one in particular, that really seem to get&nbsp; outrageous action on their coins. They are always raw. One of the&nbsp; reasons that they are able to do this is because of their imaging. There&nbsp; is a reason the expensive coins are raw. I believe it is because the&nbsp; coins are mostly problem coins. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a perfect example of how a picture can hide problems, like a cleaning.</p><p><br /></p><p>***EDIT: Please note that I purchased this coin from a seller who knew it was cleaned. I am just using this as an example. I paid &quot;cleaned-coin&quot; price for it. </p><p><br /></p><p>This is the same coin taken with different lighting techniques. </p><p>I&nbsp; am just throwing this out there to warn people that you shouldn&#039;t judge&nbsp; a coin by one picture. Ask the seller to send various pictures at&nbsp; different angles. Especially if it is an expensive coin. </p><p><br /></p><p>Which one do you think more people would bid on?</p><p><img src="http://memberitemcdn.thecoinnection.com/1000_ii8513814f654a666d086.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://memberitemcdn.thecoinnection.com/1000_ii8518254f654a70284a1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>To be clear, I took these images. The only difference between the two&nbsp; was the position of the lights on the coin. Imaging software was only&nbsp; used for cropping.</p><p><br /></p><p>The first one uses a single direct light blasting on the coin. That is&nbsp; what will wash away luster. When the luster is washed away, the cleaning&nbsp; marks and that overall cleaned appearance go with it. Actually when&nbsp; it&#039;s a cleaned coin, i wouldn;t call it luster, but reflectivity or&nbsp; &quot;shinyness&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>The second one uses multiple indirect lights. This brings out the luster of the coin, and shows those nasty little scratches.</p><p><br /></p><p>Vesss, I agree completely about toned coins. The darker ones being light&nbsp; up so much that they appear more colorful than they really are.</p><p>I think PCGS trueview is a heavy offender of this. At least with my limited experience on trueviews.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is the same luster situation with a toned coin.</p><p>Although this coin is high grade and uncleaned, just look at the&nbsp; difference lighting can make. As a toned coin buyer, I would be happy if&nbsp; a seller would have both types of images available. Luster is great to&nbsp; see, and very necessary when determining the eye apepal of a coin. At&nbsp; the same time, it&#039;s nice to get beyond it to see the details and the how&nbsp; the color sits on the coin. This also helps in determining an AT coin&nbsp; as well.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://memberitemcdn.thecoinnection.com/1000_ii8653594f669b5768565.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://memberitemcdn.thecoinnection.com/1000_ii8659694f669b60dff55.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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