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<p>[QUOTE="Lehigh96, post: 759162, member: 15309"]For whatever reason, I don't know that much about mint set copper toning and can't say definitively AT or NT. Here is what I do know. The spotting is very distracting, the coin is not very high grade (MS64 max), it is extremely common, has questionable color, and juiced photos. </p><p><br /></p><p>Scott is a nice guy and I like him, unfortunately I don't like this coin or the photos. It seems as though every photo in his inventory uses diffused lighting. This technique is great at showing the colors of a toned coin but shows absolutely no luster. Therefore, it is impossible to get an accurate depiction of what the coin looks like in hand. I only use diffused lighting on toned proofs, he uses them for every coin. His slab photos are not bad, I wish he would just crop them and use them for his closeup photos.</p><p><br /></p><p>My advice is that if you have to ask AT or NT?, you should restrict yourself to only buying toned coins in either PCGS or NGC holders.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Lehigh96, post: 759162, member: 15309"]For whatever reason, I don't know that much about mint set copper toning and can't say definitively AT or NT. Here is what I do know. The spotting is very distracting, the coin is not very high grade (MS64 max), it is extremely common, has questionable color, and juiced photos. Scott is a nice guy and I like him, unfortunately I don't like this coin or the photos. It seems as though every photo in his inventory uses diffused lighting. This technique is great at showing the colors of a toned coin but shows absolutely no luster. Therefore, it is impossible to get an accurate depiction of what the coin looks like in hand. I only use diffused lighting on toned proofs, he uses them for every coin. His slab photos are not bad, I wish he would just crop them and use them for his closeup photos. My advice is that if you have to ask AT or NT?, you should restrict yourself to only buying toned coins in either PCGS or NGC holders.[/QUOTE]
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