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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 480797, member: 112"]That is not necessarily true. Yes, if you take a small picture and enlarge it it does happen. But I think what kanga is talking about is starting out with a large picture of a small coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, if I understand correctly kanga you are asking about the proportional size of the pictures being equal to the proportional actual size of the coins. In other words, a picture of a half dime would be much smaller than a picture of a dollar.</p><p><br /></p><p>Personally, I do not agree. I have alway preferred to, try at least, to make my coin pics all be the same size regardless of what the coin was. And I do have a reason for this. That being - when trying to judge the quality of or appreciate the detail and design of a coin you need to be able to see it. With large dollar size coins you can use proportionally small pics and still see the condition and details. With tiny coins you need to use proportionally larger pics. </p><p><br /></p><p>And bear in mind, when grading small coins even very tiny marks count as much as large marks on large coins. So if the pics are small, you can't see those tiny marks.</p><p><br /></p><p>So my opinion is that regardless of the coin, make the pics all the same size.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 480797, member: 112"]That is not necessarily true. Yes, if you take a small picture and enlarge it it does happen. But I think what kanga is talking about is starting out with a large picture of a small coin. Anyway, if I understand correctly kanga you are asking about the proportional size of the pictures being equal to the proportional actual size of the coins. In other words, a picture of a half dime would be much smaller than a picture of a dollar. Personally, I do not agree. I have alway preferred to, try at least, to make my coin pics all be the same size regardless of what the coin was. And I do have a reason for this. That being - when trying to judge the quality of or appreciate the detail and design of a coin you need to be able to see it. With large dollar size coins you can use proportionally small pics and still see the condition and details. With tiny coins you need to use proportionally larger pics. And bear in mind, when grading small coins even very tiny marks count as much as large marks on large coins. So if the pics are small, you can't see those tiny marks. So my opinion is that regardless of the coin, make the pics all the same size.[/QUOTE]
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