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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;illini420, post: 1132583, member: 19423&quot;]I&#039;ve had several people take several photos of my copper coins.&nbsp; In my limited experiences it seems like when it comes to a very lusterous copper coin, you can either get a great shot of the coin&#039;s luster OR you can get a great look at the fine surface details and color of the coin.&nbsp; I don&#039;t remember seeing any pictures that capture BOTH with 100% perfection as to replace the need to look at a coin in hand.&nbsp;&nbsp; Personally, when looking at the higher grades, I&#039;d rather see that fine surface detail as the lusterous shots seem to hide things like weaker strikes and small marks.&nbsp; Here&#039;s a couple of shots of an MS66RD Indian Cent I have (none of which were taken by Todd by the way):</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>PCGS TrueView that shows more of the luster but really misses some of the fine details:</p><p><img src="http://caimages.collectors.com/coinimages/15494/18319558/trueview_18319558.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>A professional photo of the coin in the slab that also captures the coin&#039;s luster, but doesn&#039;t let you see the details of the coin well:</p><p><img src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm111/illini420/18399686_slab.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Another professional photo which doesn&#039;t capture all of the luster but really nails the finer surface details:</p><p><img src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm111/illini420/18399686_large.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Like I mentioned, neither photo replaces the need to view the coin in hand if you were trying to make a decision to spend a fortune on it, but I like the last set of shots better as I can see all of the tiny flaws (and lack of flaws) and get a better idea of the coin&#039;s grade.&nbsp; Also, I have been using the photo as my avatar here since I joined.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>But anyways, here are just a few of some of my higher end copper coins that were imaged by Todd and I think he did a pretty close to perfect job on each (remember also, the images here are compressed a bit and are also much smaller in size than the originals Todd provides his clients):</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>MS67RB:</p><p><img src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm111/illini420/67RB1obv.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm111/illini420/67RB1rev.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>MS67RB:</p><p><img src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm111/illini420/67RB2obv.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm111/illini420/67RB2rev.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>MS66RB:</p><p><img src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm111/illini420/66RBobv-1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm111/illini420/66RBrev-1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>MS66RB:</p><p><img src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm111/illini420/66rbobv.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm111/illini420/66rbrev.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>MS64RD (undergraded):</p><p><img src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm111/illini420/64rdmedobv.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm111/illini420/64rdmedrev.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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