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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;physics-fan3.14, post: 3309645, member: 19165&quot;]Thing is, nobody can accurately grade proofs from photographs. Even if robec, rmpsrpms, or messydesk took the photographs, they cannot capture all of the subtleties of a proof coin, including hairlines, marks, luster, strike, mirrors, etc., in a single picture.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;d argue that those three are the best photographers on cointalk. They take amazing pictures over a wide range of coin series (jtlee is a close runner up, but he specializes in Morgans). If I can&#039;t consistently and accurately grade from their amazing pictures, ain&#039;t nobody going to be able to accurately grade from the incredibly out of focus pictures shown here. I can barely identify the coin as a Lincoln cent, not to mention grade it.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think Larry&#039;s point here is, what difference does it make, with pictures like these?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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