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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Mlicht4139, post: 585885, member: 18637&quot;]Hello, My name is Mark and I am the seller of this coin. </p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; First off, I would like to state that I am not out to deceive anyone, EVER!! Coin collecting should be fun and rewarding, or we would have no need to do it at all &amp; I would do anything to keep my customers happy, short of breaking the law but that is where I draw the line.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; How I take coin photos: I use a Pentax Optio M30 7.1mg digital camera with settings of &quot;Super Macro&quot; &amp; &quot;White Light&quot; with flash off. Pictures are then taken on our oak kitchen table with use of a small arm adjustable desk lamp. I use this lamp with silver and gold coins to bring out every bit of detail my camera can capture. I do not use direct light with copper or bronze coins because the white light gives the coin a silver reflective look. While the light does bring out more detail it however gives the coin an unnatural color look in the photos. So I use just room lighting on copper.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Now regarding this 1830 Bust Half Dollar: While I will admit this was my first attempt at photoghaphing a coin as deeply toned as this that in hindsight I should have used my copper photo rule but I used my silver coin rule because the coin was silver. So the coin does pick up some of the white light as explained in my copper rule.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; How does this coin look in hand? It looks way better than my customer&#039;s photos posted here and it does not have as much white shine as in my auction photos but it is a very beautiful coin to me in hand. So did I deliberately try and deceive my customer? In my eyes NO. I took what I thought to be at the time was the best possible photos using my own personal photo experience. If I had it to do over again I think I would take two sets of photos with one set in white light and other in room lighting so people can see the differences.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Now on to my final two cents. Upon my customer informing me he was unhappy with this coin, I replied back telling him I had a 7 day &quot;no questions asked&quot; return policy and for him to please send it back for a full refund. He replied back demanding that I pay him an extra $40 within 2 days (for wasting his time) or he would file a claim with Paypal and harm me further on feedback. Well I didn&#039;t pay the &quot;extortion, blackmail&quot; fee and he followed through with his threat. After 11 years &amp; 3,179 positive feedbacks with a perfect 100% score, it all comes to an end with this coin.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Thank you for reading &amp; I look forward to more discussions about coins on this forum.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Kind regards, Mark[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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