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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 7763410, member: 112&quot;]Threads like this contain a very important lesson, a lesson that all collectors should, and need to be aware of. I think many of them are, but there are also those who are not aware of it. The lesson is simple. There&#039;s an old saying that goes something like this - the camera cannot lie. Well, that&#039;s kinda true, but in reality it isn&#039;t. The reality is the camera can only show you what can be seen when a coin is viewed from a specific angle. And if you change that angle, then what you see changes as well. </p><p><br /></p><p>Cameras can show you things or cover up things, hide things even. Of course, your eyes do exactly the same thing. Only when we&#039;re talking about our eyes we say - seeing is believing. Well, seeing is believing, but it is only believing what you are seeing at a specific angle. Change the angle, and what you see changes as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>One of the first things that a collector learns is that when you look at a coin you need to do it in a very specific way. You need to hold the coin by the edges, under a good light, and incandescent light is best because it hides less than other types of light, and then slowly, stress slowly, slightly roll the coin under the light. You do this because the changing angles allow you to see things you can&#039;t see from other angles. Now just about everybody is taught this.</p><p><br /></p><p>But when it comes to cameras, a lot of folks don&#039;t think about that lesson ! They look at a picture and think - &quot;it&#039;s the picture&quot;, that&#039;s the way the coin looks ! Well, yeah, it does, but only when you look at it from that very specific angle !</p><p><br /></p><p>Ya gotta always remember that what applies to your eyes - it applies to cameras too ![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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