Not only does the top pic have better eye appeal but it shows the surfaces better. The bottom pic seems to hide some of the imperfections like the contacts on the knee. Nice coin!
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Both are nice, but the top has more even illumination, and a nice cartwheel lustre. It tends to pick up some of those rose gold highlights.....assuming the actual coin has a rose tint to it.
Here's the deal. The top pic was taken by Mike Printz...perhaps the best in the biz. The bottom were taken by me...much less sophisticated gear and slightly tweaked to adjust for lighting issues.
They both have qualities, but personally I think Mike's are more realistic. Mine make the coin look better. I guess if I were catalogueing these for my auction, I would use MY pics.
On the first one I like the Bottom marginally better because I can see the stuff in the fields better. On your second compariosn I like the top better for the same reason.
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Not only does the top pic have better eye appeal but it shows the surfaces better. The bottom pic seems to hide some of the imperfections like the contacts on the knee. Nice coin!
Great transactions with oih82w8, JasonGaming, Moose1913.
Freak
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They both have qualities, but personally I think Mike's are more realistic. Mine make the coin look better. I guess if I were catalogueing these for my auction, I would use MY pics.
Stuart
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the top makes the coin look like just a nice ms65
the bottom shows the true pop of a better date saint in a nice solid ms66 grade!! with tremendous eye appeal