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<p>[QUOTE="WingedLiberty, post: 1281701, member: 26030"]MercCrazy, and don't forget the $10 reholder fee ... more if regrading</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p> Thanks robec! Yes on the TrueViews. </p><p><br /></p><p>The Three Cent Piece changes color depending on the view and lighting angle, which is cool. Phil picked the view with bolder color but no luster, the coin actually has a lot of luster and more green from another angle (shown in the photo in the OP). </p><p><br /></p><p>For the Two Cent piece, I chose the photo shot by Todd of BlueCCPhotos as my master shot (shown in the OP), I prefer Todd's shot (above) to Phil's TrueView shot (below) on that coin. Todd did a much better job with the contrast on the coin and the legends are much easier to read. </p><p><br /></p><p>The results I've gotten from Phil of TrueView have definitely been more mixed of late, he used to be very consistent and premier, but over the past few months, I've gotten photos from him that I actually don't like and aren't useable (to me at least). One advantage of using a private photographer over TrueView, is they are much less busy and take a lot more time with the coins. Phil only has about 5 to 10 seconds per coin and shots thousands of coins a day -- and the work can suffer at times (even with Phil's monster advantage of no slab plastic in the way). However I must say that sometimes, Phil at TrueView can produced incredible monster shots that take your breath away.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]142479.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH]142480.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH]142481.vB[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="WingedLiberty, post: 1281701, member: 26030"]MercCrazy, and don't forget the $10 reholder fee ... more if regrading Thanks robec! Yes on the TrueViews. The Three Cent Piece changes color depending on the view and lighting angle, which is cool. Phil picked the view with bolder color but no luster, the coin actually has a lot of luster and more green from another angle (shown in the photo in the OP). For the Two Cent piece, I chose the photo shot by Todd of BlueCCPhotos as my master shot (shown in the OP), I prefer Todd's shot (above) to Phil's TrueView shot (below) on that coin. Todd did a much better job with the contrast on the coin and the legends are much easier to read. The results I've gotten from Phil of TrueView have definitely been more mixed of late, he used to be very consistent and premier, but over the past few months, I've gotten photos from him that I actually don't like and aren't useable (to me at least). One advantage of using a private photographer over TrueView, is they are much less busy and take a lot more time with the coins. Phil only has about 5 to 10 seconds per coin and shots thousands of coins a day -- and the work can suffer at times (even with Phil's monster advantage of no slab plastic in the way). However I must say that sometimes, Phil at TrueView can produced incredible monster shots that take your breath away. [ATTACH]142479.vB[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]142480.vB[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]142481.vB[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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