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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ranchhand, post: 162561, member: 2622&quot;]franklin&#039;s can make anyone happy IMO... some can have spectacular toning, some can have the most wonderful satin luster (white) I buy both <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>One of the things i like about franklins is that they can be very affordable to all levels of collectors, it has no real &quot;keys&quot; that are expensive even in lower grades...</p><p><br /></p><p>I am thinking of the mercury dime... nice coin, most collectors can create a nice set of them... except for that one pesky coin (16-d, i&#039;m lookin at you!)</p><p><br /></p><p>this is my first serious attempt at photographing my coins, I think it went well. I need to have better lighting though. I did have to do some photoshop work, but i made sure to keep the coin in hand and compare as i was working on it. I did not do ANY retouching of the image for contact marks, just some levels adjustments.</p><p><br /></p><p>actually, I may have found some good techniques for photoshop to help represent the coin better, if anyone is interested i can post some of my recipes...</p><p><br /></p><p>let me be clear though: I am NOT photoshoping the coin to improve its appearance, just make it look more like &quot;coin in hand&quot;, in this case i pretty much nailed it, the coin actualy looks better in person... i am rambling now... <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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