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Lib Nickel Images Back From New PCGS Photo Service

TypetoneTypetone Posts: 1,621 ✭✭
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I just got my PCGS images back of some of my toned Lib nickels using the new PCGS service. What do you think? All are graded MS65.

Greg


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  • jcpingjcping Posts: 2,649 ✭✭✭
    image The 12-S is very nice image
    an SLQ and Ike dollars lover
  • tradedollarnuttradedollarnut Posts: 20,162 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Excellent!

    I wonder if they are going to modify the format when the Registry will accept two pictures?
    Early Dollar Set
  • TahoeDaleTahoeDale Posts: 1,785 ✭✭✭
    Greg,

    The images are great!!! Does this mean you are back in the collecting/assembling mode?

    What happens when you attempt to increase size of photo to show more detail? Or is that not an option?

    I may give it a try, if the detail can be enlarged.
    TahoeDale
  • TypetoneTypetone Posts: 1,621 ✭✭
    Dale:

    So far, I haven't been able to figure out a way to blow up the detail. I was a little disappointed that the left ear detail doesn't show better.

    Greg
  • Dennis88Dennis88 Posts: 5,797 ✭✭✭
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  • BWRCBWRC Posts: 1,448 ✭✭✭

    Smooth 12-S, All are very nice. image
    Brian Wagner Rare Coins, Specializing in PCGS graded, Shield, Liberty and Buffalo Nickels varieties.
  • GTSGTS Posts: 300
    Real nice photos,beautiful coins.image
    GTS
  • dbldie55dbldie55 Posts: 7,735 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Very pretty coins. How do you feel they compare to the actual coin in hand?
    Collector and Researcher of Liberty Head Nickels. ANA LM-6053
  • cointimecointime Posts: 2,013 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Greg,
    Very nice image

    I am running Windows XP and it has a built in photo viewer. I just right click on your image and do a "save picture as" and put it on my desktop. Next I right click again and select "Preview". Then I can use my scroll on the mouse to increase the size. This will not increase the file size just use it for viewing the photo larger. I use these steps on some E-bay photos that are hard to see some of the details image

    Ken

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  • solidsolid Posts: 2,975
    Nice coins and photos! I do wonder why they don't put the grade in the photo format, though.

    Ken
  • sumduncesumdunce Posts: 1,247 ✭✭✭✭
    12 S looks undergraded.

    All are real nice.
  • JulienJulien Posts: 533
    That S is unbelievably nice and a strong strike for an S. It looks like a small contact mark on the reverse under the right laurel and across the V is the only thing keeping it from grading in the stratosphere. Still looks like it should be 66 or so.
  • michaelmichael Posts: 9,524 ✭✭
    coins with regard to color look a little washed out and the photos are not clear and are slightly blurry

    i would have thought raw they would have done a much better photography job i had much higher expectations

    maybe the photos on the higher resolution disk look better???
  • TahoeDaleTahoeDale Posts: 1,785 ✭✭✭
    Michael,

    I disagree. The images seem to be very authentic. The toning is apparent and the strikes are all well defined(some weak stars, and the left corn is not totally observable) on all examples.

    The 12-S is a pq coin, but without full stars and corn, a little weakness in the hair, it probably will not 66 at PCGS. But it surely will command pq money.

    I too would like to hear back from Greg as to how close the images are to the coins in hand. We have now seen some FE cents on another thread where the toning(color) seemed a tad white for a copper coin. So Greg, compare for us and get back.

    Edit: I had my Barber halves imaged,(not by PCGS) and they are posted on the Registry. While a good image, most have more luster, in hand, and some of the almost white coins appear to have light bronze toning. So there will always be some differences, and a sight-seen review is still an absolute necessity.

    TahoeDale
  • SunnywoodSunnywood Posts: 2,683 ✭
    I think the coins look great !!! I agree with Tahoe Dale ... beautiful work Greg !!! and thanks to PCGS for this wonderful new service.

    Best,
    Sunnywood

    P.S. I want my 1912-S back !!!! Hahaha ... I'm pretty sure it's the one I bought from Jay Parrino years ago, and sold to D. Haynor in September 2002. Does that sound right Greg?
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  • TypetoneTypetone Posts: 1,621 ✭✭
    To answer the question as to how the pictures compare to the coins in hand. They are good but not perfect. Each coin is toned, some bold and some subtle. These are hard to photograph. For the most part, the main colors came out right, but some of the very subtle colors are missing. The 12-S is not bad. The color in the actual coin is a little deeper and richer. Dale, perhaps you remember the 12-D I bought from you. The 12-S is almost a twin. Dale, you also saw the 1896. Remember, the pink/orange on the reverse? The image shows it, but not as dramatically as the coin. These are of course the low resolution images. I just ordered the CD. When it arrives I can discuss the differences. But, overall, I am very pleased. For example, here is my old 12-S image. No question, the PCGS image is miles better.

    Concerning the 12-S grade. Of course, I believe it should be a 66!image I have tried it several times including a Presidential review w/o success. It is incredibly mark free, with the knick on the V being the only hit of note. I also thought the strike was the determining characteristic (though I have seen many softer 66s), but I was wrong. DH, in the presidential review, cited the toning, stating they didn't like the way it sat on the coin, and on balance felt the toning was negative. To me, the toning is the key positive feature, but I suppose that is my preference. It seems that PCGS still prefers the white lusterous look to the original toned look. Sunnywood, I bought this coin in January of 02 as part of the Frank Thomas collection which I bought almost in tact. So, it doesn't sound like the coin you sold.

    Finally, I also had hopes for the 84 and 96 as upgrade candidates. On the 84, the mark to the left of the V is, I believe, a planchet flaw rather than a hit.

    Cheers

    Greg

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  • TahoeDaleTahoeDale Posts: 1,785 ✭✭✭
    Greg,

    Your 1896 lib nickel is as close to a 66(and probably is) as can be.

    When I bought my 96 in 66(PCGS), I had Greg send me his, so we could compare side by side. The obverse is 66.3, and the reverse is close. The slightly weaK corn ear is what made me say, at the time, that PCGS would give it a shot, but that it might not get there.

    But as I have pointed out in previous threads, and seconded by Coinguy 1, if the surfaces and luster are 66(or for that matter 67) then a reasonably strong strike should be enough for the grade described.

    Greg, all your coins (pictured) are pq. Congrats. But don't send in the 12-D in 66, when trying to upgrade the 12-S. While the toning is very similar, I recall the strike on the 12-D as really full.
    TahoeDale
  • dpooledpoole Posts: 5,940 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Nice pics.

    Did Darkhorse do these?

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  • RonyahskiRonyahski Posts: 3,117 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I think the coins look great !!! I agree with Tahoe Dale ... beautiful work Greg !!! and thanks to PCGS for this wonderful new service.

    Best,
    Sunnywood

    P.S. I want my 1912-S back !!!! Hahaha ... I'm pretty sure it's the one I bought from Jay Parrino years ago, and sold to D. Haynor in September 2002. Does that sound right Greg? >>



    Sunnywood, I still have your 12-S, it hasn't gone anywhere, and it does look similar to this one.


    I kind of like the pictures. They look a bit sanitary, lifeless, for some reason, but show good detail. Are they scans of the pics?
    Some refer to overgraded slabs as Coffins. I like to think of them as Happy Coins.
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