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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 5593160, member: 112"]Here's something else you should learn Blake. When the TPGs take a picture of a coin, they deliberately and intentionally take the picture from angles and with the correct lighting to show the most flattering aspects of the coin - AND - <b>hide</b> as many defects as possible ! </p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, this is what I and others are trying to get you to realize and understand. You can take a picture of coin that shows contacts marks, hairlines, scratches, all kinds of defects in the picture. And then just by changing the angles and or the lighting just the tiniest little bit you can take another picture of the exact same coin and you won't be able to see some or all of those hairlines and other defects in that picture ! The defects will simply not be visible !</p><p><br /></p><p>That is the point ! That is why pictures are worthless can cannot be used to positively identify a coin ! </p><p><br /></p><p>Now you may or may not believe this. Nonetheless that doesn't change the fact that it is 100% true ! It is a scientific fact ![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 5593160, member: 112"]Here's something else you should learn Blake. When the TPGs take a picture of a coin, they deliberately and intentionally take the picture from angles and with the correct lighting to show the most flattering aspects of the coin - AND - [B]hide[/B] as many defects as possible ! Yes, this is what I and others are trying to get you to realize and understand. You can take a picture of coin that shows contacts marks, hairlines, scratches, all kinds of defects in the picture. And then just by changing the angles and or the lighting just the tiniest little bit you can take another picture of the exact same coin and you won't be able to see some or all of those hairlines and other defects in that picture ! The defects will simply not be visible ! That is the point ! That is why pictures are worthless can cannot be used to positively identify a coin ! Now you may or may not believe this. Nonetheless that doesn't change the fact that it is 100% true ! It is a scientific fact ![/QUOTE]
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