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<p>[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 3146981, member: 85693"]I actually like poorly-photographed coins in eBay auctions - it keeps the bidding low. After years of looking at them, I feel I have a moderate ability to "read" a poor photo that will give me some idea of what it really looks like. To be sure, I've been burnt a few times (fakes look better blurry), but mostly it works out. Here is a seller photo of a Trajan Decius that is actually pretty nice in hand. My guess was it wasn't nearly as yellow as the images would indicate - it wasn't - it has a pretty normal gun-metal gray color:</p><p> </p><p>[ATTACH=full]805593[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>My photo isn't great, but this is more what it looks like:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]805595[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marsyas Mike, post: 3146981, member: 85693"]I actually like poorly-photographed coins in eBay auctions - it keeps the bidding low. After years of looking at them, I feel I have a moderate ability to "read" a poor photo that will give me some idea of what it really looks like. To be sure, I've been burnt a few times (fakes look better blurry), but mostly it works out. Here is a seller photo of a Trajan Decius that is actually pretty nice in hand. My guess was it wasn't nearly as yellow as the images would indicate - it wasn't - it has a pretty normal gun-metal gray color: [ATTACH=full]805593[/ATTACH] My photo isn't great, but this is more what it looks like: [ATTACH=full]805595[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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