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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Beefer518, post: 7797840, member: 87737&quot;]I&#039;ll guess that the reason nobody picked up on it is the same reason I didn&#039;t;</p><p><br /></p><ul> <li>Pic #1&#039;s face was so cut up, I didn&#039;t even look at the reverse (other than a cursory glance while scrolling)<br /> </li> <li>Pic #2&#039;s Obv looked a hair better, but not still not enough to care too much about the reverse</li> <li>Pic #3&#039;s Obv looked a lot better then the first two, and the rev looks on par with the obverse, so I liked it enough to know I wouldn&#039;t even consider #&#039;s 1&amp;2, or give them another look.</li> </ul><p>Some secondary notes on the pics; pic#2&#039;s obverse almost looks borderline polished, whereas pic #3&#039;s light toning makes the coin look to have natural skin.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you put them in a different order, I think there would have been a higher chance of someone noticing they&#039;re the same coin, but the photos make it look like 3 different coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is a good educational thread to show how wildly different a coin can look depending on the photographer&#039;s abilities, and also justifies many CT member&#039;s claims of &quot;I can&#039;t (won&#039;t) guess the grade of a photo)&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>Great thread![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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