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Black or Blue, opinons please............

rhound1977rhound1977 Posts: 2,504
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I have imaged some stuff today using black and blue backgrounds.... Which looks better for this piece.

PS I am told Wybrit would like this one image It's on it's way to be entombed in an NGC holder........ image

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Black

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  • farthingfarthing Posts: 3,294 ✭✭✭
    The pictures with the black background.
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  • laurentyvanlaurentyvan Posts: 4,243 ✭✭✭
    Definitely the black-with black the eye looks only at the coin; with blue the eye has a tendency to wander a little. The strong contrast between the black background and the coin is a positive.
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  • CIVITASCIVITAS Posts: 2,256 ✭✭✭
    Black is always the best contrast for gold/yellow/brassy colors.

    Looks good.
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  • mongoosemongoose Posts: 589 ✭✭
    Black looks nice. Nice coin too!
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  • rhound1977rhound1977 Posts: 2,504
    You just gotta know the right people to get the right coin, eh? image
  • LuvdawgsLuvdawgs Posts: 1,512 ✭
    The coin shows up much better on the black, imho image
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  • cosmicdebriscosmicdebris Posts: 12,332 ✭✭✭
    Black for sure.
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  • a2labmoma2labmom Posts: 1,623
    black is better here.
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  • 1jester1jester Posts: 8,637 ✭✭✭
    OK, I'll be the odd man out and say that I like the blue background better. But I think I agree that black contrasts the coin better. In fact, with the black, the coin is lighter and shows details more. I wonder why that is.

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  • AethelredAethelred Posts: 9,288 ✭✭✭
    I like the blue, but remember I am colorblind!
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  • rhound1977rhound1977 Posts: 2,504


    << <i>I like the blue, but remember I am colorblind! >>



    Good thing I labeled them....... Do you have trouble telling Gold from Copper or Silver imageimage
  • satootokosatootoko Posts: 2,720 ✭
    No contest - black is beautifulimage
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  • coinkatcoinkat Posts: 23,235 ✭✭✭✭✭
    nice coin and perhaps alittle underrated...? Now, as for the question... Black would be my choice

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  • AskariAskari Posts: 3,713 ✭
    Blue goes best with silver.
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  • hoardmonsterhoardmonster Posts: 370
    The black seems to work best here.
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  • SYRACUSIANSYRACUSIAN Posts: 6,461 ✭✭✭✭
    Black on this case,but blue with gold imo.For silver,it mostly depends on the toning: sometimes,red is nice too.

    The brass threepences are not so underrated coinkat: they're getting harder and harder to come by in decent conditions ( from my experience with a UK minor album ,that doesn't even need key-dates).
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  • ShipcoinShipcoin Posts: 1,243
    Glenn!

    Blue is nice, but it changes by some way the toning of the coin. So, as it isn't our aim the black is preferable in that case. By the way, may be most of the guys will say that it is not serious, but I saw nice and contrast pic. of coins on white background!
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  • 1jester1jester Posts: 8,637 ✭✭✭
    I have no information about the availability of the brass 3 pence pieces, but I really like them for some reason, especially the bright uncirculated ones, and I've decided to try to buy them whenever I can find them for good prices.

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  • ColinCMRColinCMR Posts: 1,482 ✭✭✭
    i prefer the black background
  • wybritwybrit Posts: 6,961 ✭✭✭
    Black looks better for this coin.

    PS I am told Wybrit would like this one...

    Under normal circumstances, I would. 1939 is a good date for the series. I do have a pretty decent one in hand now, however.image
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