Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 3966854, member: 112&quot;]Scrapes and scratches don&#039;t always appear to be black in pics, but the fact that they do a lot of the time is pretty common knowledge. It happens with gold more than silver, but it happens with silver as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>Simply put it&#039;s merely an effect of the lighting. Get the light to strike the coin at a given angle and that&#039;s what happens. That&#039;s really all there is to it. And yeah, they appear that way in hand as well - when held under a light at the correct angle. </p><p><br /></p><p>There&#039;s a basic truth about coin pics. They can&#039;t ever show you something that isn&#039;t there. But they quite often don&#039;t show you everything that is there. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Once you accept and understand that, well it can change your entire outlook.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in