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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 1648001, member: 112"]Same thing really. A picture can be deemed to be "worse" because it shows the flaws of the coin more readily, or because it does not show the positive aspects as well as it might. With coin pictures it can go either way, or both ways even. That is the nature of pictures because that is the nature of our vision. </p><p><br /></p><p>In order to see everything about a coin you must look at it under a good light while tilting and turning the coin, rolling it under the light. It is only in this way that we can see all aspects of the coin, both good and bad. It is only by looking at the coin from many different angles that we can see these things.</p><p><br /></p><p>That is why the advice is given to always buy a coin when you can examine it in hand. Because if you don't examine it in hand, there may easily be things about the coin you will wish you had been able to see - good or bad things.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 1648001, member: 112"]Same thing really. A picture can be deemed to be "worse" because it shows the flaws of the coin more readily, or because it does not show the positive aspects as well as it might. With coin pictures it can go either way, or both ways even. That is the nature of pictures because that is the nature of our vision. In order to see everything about a coin you must look at it under a good light while tilting and turning the coin, rolling it under the light. It is only in this way that we can see all aspects of the coin, both good and bad. It is only by looking at the coin from many different angles that we can see these things. That is why the advice is given to always buy a coin when you can examine it in hand. Because if you don't examine it in hand, there may easily be things about the coin you will wish you had been able to see - good or bad things.[/QUOTE]
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