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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lehigh96, post: 1409122, member: 15309&quot;]I have to say, that may be the most visually impressive coin website I have ever seen. After viewing the site for the last half hour, I really am having trouble coming up with any criticism at all.&nbsp; The ability to sort by different categories is phenomenal and the overall color scheme, text font &amp; color, use of thumbnail images, &amp; overall layout is genius.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>If forced to make a criticism, it would be about the flash index.&nbsp; Not the idea mind you, but the execution.&nbsp; To be honest, it seems as though you created 10 separate categories in order to get to 100 points.&nbsp; However, I find some of the categories to be unnecessary.&nbsp; For example, you have four categories for color.&nbsp; I would rather see just the first category for color and make it worth 30 or 40% of the flash index grade.&nbsp; The other color categories all affect the ranking for color (impression) in some way.&nbsp; The category color (transitions) is my least favorite because it relegates harsh color borders to lower scores.&nbsp; In my mind, this will mean that album toned coins with target toning will get lower scores even though I find them some of the most attractive in the toned coin world.&nbsp; IMO, color (impression) should be worth 30% and the PCGS grade should be worth 20% and lose the other 3 color categories.</p><p><br /></p><p>With regards to you allegiance to PCGS, while I don&#039;t share your opinion about PCGS, I don&#039;t mind the fact that you have restricted your collection or even your website to include only PCGS.&nbsp; You can give all the reasons you want for this but the importance of uniformity of photographic quality in your endeavor can not be overstated.&nbsp; Without the PCGS truview photos, I think your website would fall flat on it&#039;s face.&nbsp; Since the success of your site is directly linked to the PCGS truview photos, it makes sense that every coin included should be graded by PCGS and have a truview photos.</p><p><br /></p><p>The fact is that there are very few people who are able to capture the beauty of a toned proof coin in a photograph the way Phil Arnold does in the truviews.&nbsp; I can name a few professional coin photographers who are capable and Brandon (brg5658) is a very good numismatic photographer in his own right.&nbsp; But it is hard to convey how difficult this task really is.&nbsp; I consider myself a pretty decent coin photographer, but I have no where near the skill of of Phil Arnold.&nbsp; I know this because I can compare my photos to his since one of the coins in your collection came from my collection.&nbsp; Compare the photo below to the truview and the difference in quality is readily apparent.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o59/ACPitBoss/Lincoln%20Cents/LC1937NGCPF65RB.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>BTW, thanks for the pedigree shout out in the description of that coin.&nbsp; Having my name mentioned on a website as cool as yours is an honor.</p><p><br /></p><p>I would like to give you the biggest kudos I possibly can.&nbsp; Your site is the first privately owned coin website that I have ever bookmarked on my computer; it really is that impressive.&nbsp; Thank you for your hard work and dedication on this project.&nbsp; Simply FANTASTIC![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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