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<p>[QUOTE="Lehigh96, post: 563909, member: 15309"]I am 100% certain it is the same coin. No way that two different 1937 NGC PF66 Lime Green Buffalo Nickels exist with the same exact toning pattern. I can't prove it is the same photo because it has been manipulated by re-sizing, but the chances that it is not the same photo is infinitesimally low.</p><p><br /></p><p>I can completely understand why someone would use a Heritage or Brandon Kelley photo for a coin like this. Taking good photos of toned proof coins is extremely challenging and sometimes almost impossible. </p><p><br /></p><p>Personally, I would not use someone else's photos on a public sale without the original photographers consent. However, most people are not me, and I have pretty decent coin photography skills that are improving all the time. However, in a private sale, I would use them giving credit to the original photographer. For example, I might present the potential buyer with my photo and an additional photo from the original seller to show them two different vantage points.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Lehigh96, post: 563909, member: 15309"]I am 100% certain it is the same coin. No way that two different 1937 NGC PF66 Lime Green Buffalo Nickels exist with the same exact toning pattern. I can't prove it is the same photo because it has been manipulated by re-sizing, but the chances that it is not the same photo is infinitesimally low. I can completely understand why someone would use a Heritage or Brandon Kelley photo for a coin like this. Taking good photos of toned proof coins is extremely challenging and sometimes almost impossible. Personally, I would not use someone else's photos on a public sale without the original photographers consent. However, most people are not me, and I have pretty decent coin photography skills that are improving all the time. However, in a private sale, I would use them giving credit to the original photographer. For example, I might present the potential buyer with my photo and an additional photo from the original seller to show them two different vantage points.[/QUOTE]
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