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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Terence Cheesman, post: 3147897, member: 86498&quot;]Coin photos seem to be a really difficult thing to get consistently right. I remember buying two silver Greek coins from an online auction. Coin &quot;A&quot; looked really bright and shiny seemingly from a recent find. it was in fact very dark. Coin &quot;B&quot; seemed to have a grey &quot;old collection&quot; tone and in fact it was quite light. I have learned not to be surprised by photos and I try to concentrate on the grade and the surfaces. Bronze coins are a whole different ball game. A coin with a green patina can come to you ranging from brown to black. I am not sure if this is an effort to deceive. I have a friend who does my photos and occasionally his camera picks up colors on my coins which I cannot see. Lately I have developed a policy which in effect is.... If the coin is more than a certain value, I have to look at it with my own Mark I eyeball, or at the very least have someone whom I trust to look at it in my stead and report back to me.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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