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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SuperDave, post: 2386066, member: 1892&quot;]Chill, man. That&#039;s a figure of speech.</p><p><br /></p><p>Point is, that was shot (and sold) 8 years ago with much older technology. Got $550 for it. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Today, it&#039;s possible to shoot a coin with such optical accuracy that it can be easily told from <b>any</b> other coin, even with just a full-face image. A Canon T6i will <b>double</b> that image size, just as sharp, with the right lens. The surface features we argue about so often? Unequivocally, sharply, forever defined, leaving <b>nothing</b> to doubt. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I was just learning back then. I bought the coin to have a clearly Mint State Brown copper under the lens. Well, that, and I liked the die cracks. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>As long as the plastic is clean and clear, you can make the lens completely ignore it and the viewer won&#039;t know it was shot through a slab if you mask the background.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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