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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;philologus_1, post: 26214454, member: 92212&quot;]First, I agree with [USER=87624]@Jersey magic man[/USER]</p><p><br /></p><p>But, I have a question that only [USER=115232]@SensibleSal66[/USER] knows the answer to:</p><p><br /></p><p>Since the two colors (emphasized below) are very different, <u>which color is closest to the coin&#039;s color when looking at it in-person, in-hand, face-to-face</u>?</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1674175[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I realize of course that the overall color of any coin will vary depending on the light under which it is being viewed, but these two colors are <b><i>quite</i></b> different.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>To me the &quot;better&quot; image in any image comparison of a specific coin specimen, should be: The image that all-around most closely matches (in crispness of detail, and in coloration) the actual coin as viewed in-person.</p><p><br /></p><p>Two examples:</p><p>(1) If a coin&#039;s legend is moderately crisp when viewed in-person, then the better image would be the one in which the legend appears most moderately crisp. (Keep in mind that a blurry and/or out-of-focus image distorts crispness of detail to the point that it makes deciding which is a &#039;better&#039; image challenging.)</p><p>(2) If the fields on a coin are coppery-gold when viewed in-person, then the fields that appear in the image should also be coppery-gold. </p><p><br /></p><p>To me, the &quot;better&quot; image in any comparison is not the image which looks the most pretty, or the most colorful, or etc.&nbsp; Instead, the &quot;better&quot; image in any comparison is the image which makes the coin appear as close as possible to 100% of what the coin REALLY looks like in-person with the naked eye.&nbsp; Flaws included.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s all too easy to take a photograph of a coin and enhance the image (<i>via</i> photo editing) into an image that makes the coin look MUCH better than it is.&nbsp; To me, such editing causes a <i>lesser</i> image, not a <i>better</i> one.</p><p><br /></p><p>To hopefully help clarify my point: If I were to buy a coin that used the #1 image in the sales listing, and I received a coin in the mail that looked like the #2 image, I would <u>not</u> return it -- but I <i>would</i> be disappointed -- and I also would wish that the seller&#039;s listing had included . . . (wait for it) . . . a &quot;better&quot; image.</p><p>.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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