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Message:: [QUOTE="brg5658, post: 1488273, member: 29751"]TrueView images are already more expensive (at $20 a pop I believe) than professional coin imaging by the best of the best -- even Mark Goodman (the guy who wrote the book on numismatic photography) charges significantly less ($10 per coin is his going rate).  Those who swear by the TrueViews claim the difference in quality is substantial because PCGS (i.e., Phil Arnold) shoots the coins outside of the plastic, and thus has much more ability to catch the true "look" of the coin.  The TrueViews that are available for coins that I own (none of which I paid for) across the board are not accurate to the look of the coin in hand.  In particular, the images are over saturated and downplay surface marks. The reason why I bring this information up is because, if you want them to TrueView in two different ways, would they then charge you $40 per coin?  Or maybe just 50% more at $30 / coin?  That's an outlandish amount of money for a picture of a coin, but some people are so in love with these images that I'm sure they'd still pay $40 each if they had to.  <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]