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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The_Cave_Troll, post: 132208, member: 1674&quot;]No problem!&nbsp; We love looking at coins.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m glad to hear that you didn&#039;t clean them, at least you know that you haven&#039;t damaged their value.&nbsp; It is common for non-collectors to damage their coins because they just don&#039;t know better, unfortunately.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>It is no doubt a rare date and it will retain a fair amount of value based on scarcity alone, but unfortunately it is irrevocably damaged.&nbsp; No matter what you do you will make a tidy profit on your find, but I contend that you would make MUCH more if you were to send it to ANACS (<a href="http://www.anacs.com" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.anacs.com" rel="nofollow">www.anacs.com</a>) to have it graded.&nbsp; I recommend cancelling the bids and ending the listing early so that you can have it graded. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The flash is washing out all the surface details in your photos (with the exception of the 1894 dollar) meaning that a prospective bidder is left to guess what the details of the coins look like.&nbsp; Since there can be a large price difference between one grade and the next it is important to be able to see exactly what the coin&#039;s details look like.&nbsp; The first thing i would recommend is to shut your flash off.&nbsp; There are numerous photography threads on this site that you would find very helpful in finding more improvements that you can make.</p><p><br /></p><p>Once you master the art of coin photography your pictures should look as good as this one:</p><p><img src="http://i.pbase.com/o4/81/115381/1/59918429.1905ProofIHCNGCPF65RBobv.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Yours don&#039;t need to be quite that nice to be successful on eBay, but they need serious improvement if you want to get the proper value for your coins.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Good luck!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>P.S. Photograph above belongs to leadfoot and was lifted from another thread on the site.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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