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<p>[QUOTE="TIF, post: 3142966, member: 56859"]Heritage pictures (online and print) seem to miss on color although their written descriptions correctly describe color. I attended their CICF Signature auction in 2016. Across the board, green patinas were brown in the catalog. The venue lighting was not great for photography but here's an example I saw during lot viewing:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/ha-greenbrown-jpg.495471/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>From that same auction, their online images of a different coin:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]803659[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>To be fair, the written description did say "<b>dark green patina</b> with earthen edges".</p><p><br /></p><p>And my images:</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/syracuse-dionysiusi-hippocamp-reshootrt-jpg.495475/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>SICILY, Syracuse. Dionysius I (400-345 BC)</b></p><p>Æ 20 mm, 8.23 gm</p><p>Struck c. 390 BCE</p><p>Obv: head of Athena left, wearing wreathed Corinthian helmet pushed back on head</p><p>Rev: hippocamp left</p><p>Ref: Calciati 35. SNG ANS 426</p><p>As with most Heritage lots, this coin was slabbed and upon returning home it was freed within minutes. NGC graded it MS 5/5 strike, 4/5 surfaces, Fine Style. "Mint State"... I think we've discussed that nonsense many times before. I wanted it simply because of the exceptional hippocamp <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TIF, post: 3142966, member: 56859"]Heritage pictures (online and print) seem to miss on color although their written descriptions correctly describe color. I attended their CICF Signature auction in 2016. Across the board, green patinas were brown in the catalog. The venue lighting was not great for photography but here's an example I saw during lot viewing: [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/ha-greenbrown-jpg.495471/[/IMG] From that same auction, their online images of a different coin: [ATTACH=full]803659[/ATTACH] To be fair, the written description did say "[B]dark green patina[/B] with earthen edges". And my images: [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/syracuse-dionysiusi-hippocamp-reshootrt-jpg.495475/[/IMG] [B]SICILY, Syracuse. Dionysius I (400-345 BC)[/B] Æ 20 mm, 8.23 gm Struck c. 390 BCE Obv: head of Athena left, wearing wreathed Corinthian helmet pushed back on head Rev: hippocamp left Ref: Calciati 35. SNG ANS 426 As with most Heritage lots, this coin was slabbed and upon returning home it was freed within minutes. NGC graded it MS 5/5 strike, 4/5 surfaces, Fine Style. "Mint State"... I think we've discussed that nonsense many times before. I wanted it simply because of the exceptional hippocamp :)[/QUOTE]
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