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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 5531531, member: 112"]Yeah they do, or at least some of them do. Consider the higher grades though, most of them have few if any marks. So what are you going to be taking pictures of ?</p><p><br /></p><p>Then consider this, take a pic with given lighting and from a given angle. That pic will show marks. Now take another pic, change the angle and or lighting just 1 or 2 degrees, and some and maybe all of those marks simply disappear - without any post alteration or manipulation of the picture. Or, do the same thing and the color changes completely to the point that it looks like 2 different coins. Like this -</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1240819[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1240820[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1240821[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1240822[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Exact same coin, both sets of pics. And the only that was changed was the angle of lights by 1/4 of an inch.</p><p><br /></p><p>My point is pictures prove nothing, and no picture can show you everything there is to see - it's simply not possible.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 5531531, member: 112"]Yeah they do, or at least some of them do. Consider the higher grades though, most of them have few if any marks. So what are you going to be taking pictures of ? Then consider this, take a pic with given lighting and from a given angle. That pic will show marks. Now take another pic, change the angle and or lighting just 1 or 2 degrees, and some and maybe all of those marks simply disappear - without any post alteration or manipulation of the picture. Or, do the same thing and the color changes completely to the point that it looks like 2 different coins. Like this - [ATTACH=full]1240819[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1240820[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1240821[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1240822[/ATTACH] Exact same coin, both sets of pics. And the only that was changed was the angle of lights by 1/4 of an inch. My point is pictures prove nothing, and no picture can show you everything there is to see - it's simply not possible.[/QUOTE]
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