Why are there pics with my certs?

pcunix

I haven't got the coins back yet, but the certs posted on my Kennedy submission.

I was surprised to see photos on the cert pages:

http://www.pcgs.com/Cert/31387425.html
http://www.pcgs.com/Cert/31387426.html
http://www.pcgs.com/Cert/31387427.html (this one I understand; I had TrueView on it)
http://www.pcgs.com/Cert/31387427.html

I assume those are my coins? How come they got pics?

BAJJERFAN

IIRC, they've been doing that for some time; most likely for Coinfacts.

pcunix

But I checked certs one up and one down and they don't have pics?

CoinZip

Numis profiling.......

pcunix

<< <i>Numis profiling....... >>



I wish they'd do that with ALL certs. I'd be willing to pay extra for it.

winky

That is what they are waiting for, PAY MORE!!!

oih82w8

I have a few of those non TrueViewed coins that are posted on CoinFacts. If it is a nice enough looking coin example, they snap an image and post it. It is not as high definition as TrueView but...

It's a freebie!

fcloud

Sometimes when you order one or two in a batch they do all. I think it depends on what is in the order. I had it go the same way a few time, then other times they just do the coin(s) you paid for. It is a nice surprise when they do the whole bunch. I wouldn't suggest asking for a couple expecting them all, as I said they only do the whole batch sometimes.

pcunix

<< <i>I have a few of those non TrueViewed coins that are posted on CoinFacts. If it is a nice enough looking coin example, they snap an image and post it. It is not as high definition as TrueView but...

It's a freebie! >>



And yet I and other people would often be quite happy with "not as high definition as TrueView" - wonder why that isn't offered as an option.

19Lyds

<< <i>I haven't got the coins back yet, but the certs posted on my Kennedy submission.

I was surprised to see photos on the cert pages:

31387425
31387426
31387427 (this one I understand; I had TrueView on it)
31387428

I assume those are my coins? How come they got pics? >>



There. I linkified your "links".

robec

<< <i>I have a few of those non TrueViewed coins that are posted on CoinFacts. If it is a nice enough looking coin example, they snap an image and post it. It is not as high definition as TrueView but...

It's a freebie! >>

If you download the large CF photo it is exactly like the TrueView. Same photo, same high definition.

Zoins

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<< <i>Numis profiling....... >>



I wish they'd do that with ALL certs. I'd be willing to pay extra for it. >>



You can pay extra for it. It's called TrueView

The ones without the TrueView background are CoinsFacts photos PCGS takes at their own prerogative without a TrueView order. These will often show up on the CoinFacts website. Technically, the TrueView and CoinFacts photos are the same except for licensing and display. A TrueView photo has been paid for and licensed by a submitter so it appears with the PCGS logo and background while the CoinFacts photo does not.

In addition to TrueView and CoinFacts photos, the Cert Verification page can show a PCGS Secure photo. These photos are taken if PCGS Secure service is ordered and done differently than TrueView and CoinFacts photos. If a coin has both a PCGS Secure and a TrueView/CoinFacts photo, the Cert Verification page can show both. Here is a coin, 25510131, displaying both TrueView and PCGS Secure. You can distinguish a PCGS Secure and CoinFacts photos because CoinFacts photos have a shadow around the coin photo while Secure Plus does not.