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<p>[QUOTE="GoldFinger1969, post: 8546809, member: 73489"]Absolutely, Jeff....deliberately or inadvertently, lighting can so change the appearance of a coin that it isn't funny. I believe our own GDJMSP has posted some coins under different lighting and it looks like 2 separate coins.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>As long as an auction had a return policy, I wouldn't mind bidding from hi-res pics (still 2nd-best to going to a coin shop or a local coin show or a big one like FUN). </b> The thing is, as I saw from GDJMSP's photos, you can really hide material blemishes and flaws with lighting even on a properly graded coin. The flaws might just be in the area you are most senitive to but other buyers for the grade are more forgiving.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GoldFinger1969, post: 8546809, member: 73489"]Absolutely, Jeff....deliberately or inadvertently, lighting can so change the appearance of a coin that it isn't funny. I believe our own GDJMSP has posted some coins under different lighting and it looks like 2 separate coins. [B]As long as an auction had a return policy, I wouldn't mind bidding from hi-res pics (still 2nd-best to going to a coin shop or a local coin show or a big one like FUN). [/B] The thing is, as I saw from GDJMSP's photos, you can really hide material blemishes and flaws with lighting even on a properly graded coin. The flaws might just be in the area you are most senitive to but other buyers for the grade are more forgiving.[/QUOTE]
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