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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 3942389, member: 112"]There was a time, long ago, when I wished for the day that you could make videos of coins like that and post them for others to see. But once that day arrived, I discovered the error in my thinking - videos of coins are terrible because they basically tell you nothing. Worse than that even, they hide everything you really need to see. </p><p><br /></p><p>Oh sure they look cool because you can see the luster rolling around the coin - but it's pretty much impossible to see a break in the luster if there is one. And contact marks, they fly right by and you never see them. Same thing for hairlines. And the other bad part is it's all too easy for videos to greatly exaggerate eye appeal. </p><p><br /></p><p>Now this - </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>- this you can work with. You can see what you need to see. Granted, you will rarely be able to see everything you need to see with a single photo, but a series of them, from various angles, they'll tell ya everything ya need to know.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 3942389, member: 112"]There was a time, long ago, when I wished for the day that you could make videos of coins like that and post them for others to see. But once that day arrived, I discovered the error in my thinking - videos of coins are terrible because they basically tell you nothing. Worse than that even, they hide everything you really need to see. Oh sure they look cool because you can see the luster rolling around the coin - but it's pretty much impossible to see a break in the luster if there is one. And contact marks, they fly right by and you never see them. Same thing for hairlines. And the other bad part is it's all too easy for videos to greatly exaggerate eye appeal. Now this - - this you can work with. You can see what you need to see. Granted, you will rarely be able to see everything you need to see with a single photo, but a series of them, from various angles, they'll tell ya everything ya need to know.[/QUOTE]
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