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<p>[QUOTE="SuperDave, post: 2646291, member: 1892"]Here's the TrueViews of it, forced to the same size as my images for comparison purposes. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]584723[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]584724[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>See the nick in the O of ONE visible in my pictures, or the nick in the field clockwise from the second T in TRUST? Me, neither. You know how I am about nicks in ONE CENT.</p><p><br /></p><p>It's not even that prominent in a 100% crop:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]584726[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Phil's a helluva photographer, but he's getting paid to make those coins look their best. Once I have the slab clean, I'm going to see if I can duplicate that color - it's there, all right, although the coin looks more like my images in "normal" light - and what happens to those marks when I do. Don't get me wrong, this coin's a 66 all day, but it's a cautionary tale about a little difference in lighting can do to the look - and the details - of a coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="SuperDave, post: 2646291, member: 1892"]Here's the TrueViews of it, forced to the same size as my images for comparison purposes. [ATTACH=full]584723[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]584724[/ATTACH] See the nick in the O of ONE visible in my pictures, or the nick in the field clockwise from the second T in TRUST? Me, neither. You know how I am about nicks in ONE CENT. It's not even that prominent in a 100% crop: [ATTACH=full]584726[/ATTACH] Phil's a helluva photographer, but he's getting paid to make those coins look their best. Once I have the slab clean, I'm going to see if I can duplicate that color - it's there, all right, although the coin looks more like my images in "normal" light - and what happens to those marks when I do. Don't get me wrong, this coin's a 66 all day, but it's a cautionary tale about a little difference in lighting can do to the look - and the details - of a coin.[/QUOTE]
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