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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 3665446, member: 19463"]I might be able to explain this. Regularly over the time I have spent on CT and other online venues, I have complained when people insist on lighting coins from below rather than from the top (over the head). This is called ghoul lighting after the effect obtained by kids in Halloween costume that shine a flashlight up on their scary faces. When a portrait coin is lighted unnaturally rather than directionally as it would be in sunlight with the top of the head being lighter and shadows appearing under the chin as normal shadows should, it is easy for the brain, confused by the unnatural light to reverse the convex and concave surfaces. Brockages are unnatural by their nature so the light is naturally reversed when done well. Note the under chin light below is opposite on the two sides. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]985785[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 3665446, member: 19463"]I might be able to explain this. Regularly over the time I have spent on CT and other online venues, I have complained when people insist on lighting coins from below rather than from the top (over the head). This is called ghoul lighting after the effect obtained by kids in Halloween costume that shine a flashlight up on their scary faces. When a portrait coin is lighted unnaturally rather than directionally as it would be in sunlight with the top of the head being lighter and shadows appearing under the chin as normal shadows should, it is easy for the brain, confused by the unnatural light to reverse the convex and concave surfaces. Brockages are unnatural by their nature so the light is naturally reversed when done well. Note the under chin light below is opposite on the two sides. [ATTACH=full]985785[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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