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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bahabully, post: 1054846, member: 17555&quot;]SeaSnake is da&#039;winner ! I paid around 145 for this one delivered. </p><p>Some points:</p><p>1 - I&#039;m not accusing anyone of &quot;juicing pictures&quot;.... I&#039;m saying that all toners I&#039;ve seen, ever, have looked different in hand than in a picture.... unless you take the coin in hand and place it under high light,, when I say high light, I mean generally higher than ambient, and higher than I normally view a coin under increased lighting. Think of the light they use on you when you go to have a family portrait taken by a professional photographer,,, then increase it a bit... </p><p>2 - I have never in my life seen a coin that looks like the more colorful one in the heritage link that didn&#039;t have to be plugged in and recharged every night. Nor do I believe that coins appears that way in hand in ambient light... my guess is that the duller picture in the heritage pic is closer to reality,,,, but that&#039;s just me.</p><p>3 - My main point is that toned coins can be made to look much different under different light,,, without photoshopping a picture. Applying proper lighting (whatever proper lighting is) influences the amount of color that manifests in any given photo.... more light = more color in my experience. Crazy light = crazy color. I have another coin I&#039;ll post when it&#039;s my turn again that has a black area of toning,, dail up the light a bit, and viola, blues and reds begin to appear.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>** Please don&#039;t take my views as directed to anyone and malicious,,, I&#039;m sure, as has been said, that high $$ toners realize thier margin because of exactly what was said,, ie- they are beautiful in hand. and for what&#039;s it&#039;s worth, I&#039;m tracking that coin in the link,, even the duller picture is attractive to me, and if I do bid, that will be the coin that I&#039;d expect to receive.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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