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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Publius2, post: 4612142, member: 105571&quot;]I think what most of us are alluding to when we use the term &quot;in hand&quot; is control.&nbsp; When the coin is in our hand then we have, at least potentially, the ability to see every aspect of the coin.&nbsp; That imparts a sense of control over our judgement of the coin.&nbsp; OTOH, when we see a photograph of the coin, we have ceded our control over the viewing and judgement of the coin to an unknown third party.&nbsp; This is of particular importance if there is a monetary transaction at stake as we have all been taken in by poor or downright fraudulent photographs.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, when we forum folks are trading photos for non-transactional purposes, we attempt to photograph the &quot;in-hand&quot; state in order to imply that the photograph is a relatively honest depiction of the coin aspects under discussion, for example;&nbsp; luster emphasized versus detail.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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