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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;EyeEatWheaties, post: 1074901, member: 26972&quot;]Bingo!&nbsp; It&#039;s working!&nbsp;&nbsp; Click twice on the coin above highlighting luster to see the highest resolution.&nbsp; It is substantially much more banged up than the HA coin.&nbsp; &nbsp; with grading being an art.... I don&#039;t know if 10 little tics = 1 big ding... <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I am learning/studying how lighting affects the appearance of luster.&nbsp; I think with more study, IMO of course, that I can learn how to deduce how a coin might look in hand.&nbsp; Especially if heritage continues to photograph Lincoln slabs all the same.</p><p><br /></p><p>BTW&nbsp; do we know who actually won that 32-D?</p><p><br /></p><p>while nothing can replace seeing a coin in hand, I feel that nothing in hand can instantly reproduce high resolution images....&nbsp; at least not with my eyes! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>This is a hijack and I haven&#039;t determined where we are going yet.&nbsp; &nbsp; ,,,&nbsp;&nbsp; more jokes!.....</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here are two images of the same coin shot at the same time. I tried to duplicate the Heritage type of image of a copper coin with what I conside,r a more preferred image showing luster and detail.&nbsp; Hard to believe both photos are of the same coin? Of particular notice is how the muted lighting seems to hide the tics and dings?</p><p><br /></p><p>Click twice for highest resolution.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z242/papasteeze/Coins/1909VDBMS67RDObverse06665453.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z242/papasteeze/Coins/1909VDBMS67RDObverse06665453a.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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