Test your eBay picture skills

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• Unknown

  January 25, 2013 8:53AM

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• coindeuce Posts: 13,496 ✭✭✭✭✭

  January 25, 2013 9:04AM

  I WAG: Pan-Pac - Copper
  Memphis - Silver

  "Everything is on its way to somewhere. Everything." - George Malley, Phenomenon
  http://www.american-legacy-coins.com

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• GrumpyEd Posts: 4,749 ✭✭✭

  January 25, 2013 10:37AM

  Both silver?

  Ed

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• jonathanb Posts: 3,754 ✭✭✭✭✭

  January 26, 2013 12:38AM

  This is what the two pieces really look like. The San Francisco piece is copper, and harshly cleaned to boot. The Memphis piece is silver.
  FWIW, I don't think that either seller intentionally tried to hide anything. It's amazing how far off a picture's color can be.
  
  
  
  

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• Coinsponge Posts: 3,927 ✭✭✭

  January 26, 2013 1:16AM

  Wow, the images were really off. The lighting source can greatly effect the appearance of coins in photos. That is why a good return policy is a must.

  Gold and silver are valuable but wisdom is priceless.

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• seanq Posts: 8,733 ✭✭✭✭✭

  January 26, 2013 2:37AM

  I was going to guess copper on the left and silver on the right. The left photo definitely had the look of an overexposed harshly cleaned copper coin - I say that having viewed thousands of pictures of Lincoln cents and recognizing the look. The only way that could have been silver is if the color balance of the whole picture was off, but there are no red tomes in the background.
  
  
  Sean Reynolds

  Incomplete planchets wanted, especially Lincoln Cents & type coins.
  
  "Keep in mind that most of what passes as numismatic information is no more than tested opinion at best, and marketing blather at worst. However, I try to choose my words carefully, since I know that you guys are always watching." - Joe O'Connor

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• Type2 Posts: 13,985 ✭✭✭✭✭

  January 26, 2013 2:44AM

  Did i take the 1st pic. Very cool and nice pick up.

  
  
  Hoard the keys.

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