Photographer "shootout": My early Mercury dimes

CoinJunkie

I now own three early Mercs, and after realizing they were photographed by different people, thought it would be
fun to present the photos for comparison (and, I hope, your enjoyment). These dimes have all received the grade
MS66FB from PCGS. All were purchased slabbed.

1916 - (photographer: Thomas Bush (TomB); seller: greattoning; acquired: Jul 2003 on eBay)



1919 - (photographer: Mark Goodman; seller: Pinnacle Rarities; acquired: Feb 2003 by mail)



1920 - (photographer: Phil Arnold; seller: Gary Adkins (MN); acquired: Feb 2012 at Long Beach Expo)

TwoKopeiki

Sounds like Phil had an advantage of shooting the coin raw, while the other 2 guys had to shoot through the slab.

sparky64

Great pics of some great coins.
No place for anything to hide, especially on the last one.

kryptonitecomics

From the looks of the images they all did an excellent job and I am not being politcally correct as the coins look nice and I would imagine the images represent them in hand as well is as possible with 2D images of a 3D object. Well done sirs!!!!

CoinJunkie

<< <i>From the looks of the images they all did an excellent job and I am not being politcally correct as the coins look nice and I would imagine the images represent them in hand as well is as possible with 2D images of a 3D object. Well done sirs!!!! >>


Well stated, Shane! I love ALL of the these images (and the coins, too ). I didn't mean to set this up as any
one of these guys is "the best". They are all at the top of the game.

(And for those who don't know, Shane (kryptonitecomics) is most certainly in the same class as a photog!)

yellowkid

Great images of some sweet examples, damn the Merc is a pretty coin!!

fcloud

How did I miss this tread! All three are cool!