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<p>[QUOTE="baseball21, post: 3568618, member: 76863"]NGC only started doing pictures in the last few years, they’re plenty of NGC certs that have no pictures just as there are plenty of PCGS certs that do have pictures. It should be noted too that the NGC pictures can be so bad it makes toned coins look like they were doctored or different coins when they’re the same coin that nothing was done too. The idea of some picture for every coin is a good one, the execution isn’t always though.</p><p><br /></p><p>While many PCGS certs don’t have pictures their page does do a very good job of linking to active registry sets if there are any and to past sales if they went though certain venues. This can often be a source of pictures for the coin especially the previous sales.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also if you bought a coin from China as in your example it would have a PCGS picture. All foreign coins besides moderns have PCGS pictures now, and more importantly all coins graded at the international offices have slab shot pictures.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="baseball21, post: 3568618, member: 76863"]NGC only started doing pictures in the last few years, they’re plenty of NGC certs that have no pictures just as there are plenty of PCGS certs that do have pictures. It should be noted too that the NGC pictures can be so bad it makes toned coins look like they were doctored or different coins when they’re the same coin that nothing was done too. The idea of some picture for every coin is a good one, the execution isn’t always though. While many PCGS certs don’t have pictures their page does do a very good job of linking to active registry sets if there are any and to past sales if they went though certain venues. This can often be a source of pictures for the coin especially the previous sales. Also if you bought a coin from China as in your example it would have a PCGS picture. All foreign coins besides moderns have PCGS pictures now, and more importantly all coins graded at the international offices have slab shot pictures.[/QUOTE]
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