I think that a barber can pull off black or mottled better than any other design. I like it the way it is but then again I will buy VG barbers all day long if they have that circ-cam look . I will put them away in 2x2's for 40 years just on the hope that people will take a liking to them down the road.
I feel like the black on this won't respond to dip very well , it will want to stay put . I think it will look worse after the attempt.
@Zoins said:
I'm curious what photos of this coin would look like on Legend's website and as a TrueView. We all know that photos can vary wildly with technique.
One would think on a coin of this importance, the auction house Goldberg would go all out to shoot the coin that $$ can buy.
@Zoins said:
I'm curious what photos of this coin would look like on Legend's website and as a TrueView. We all know that photos can vary wildly with technique.
One would think on a coin of this importance, the auction house Goldberg would go all out to shoot the coin that $$ can buy.
But that's just me & what do I know.
Even when you go all out, different photographers have different preferences and techniques. Goldberg photos have a different look than Legend and TrueView photos.
@Zoins said:
I'm curious what photos of this coin would look like on Legend's website and as a TrueView. We all know that photos can vary wildly with technique.
One would think on a coin of this importance, the auction house Goldberg would go all out to shoot the coin that $$ can buy.
But that's just me & what do I know.
Even when you go all out, different photographers have different preferences and techniques.
But the client pays the bills, so the 2 cent question is, were they happy/satisfy with the results?
One way to tell is to view other coins in the same auction & compare them to this coin?
OR could it be that it was a late addition & they didn't have enough time to possible cac it. So the foto could've been done in a rush & not shot by their regular potographer?
@Zoins said:
I'm curious what photos of this coin would look like on Legend's website and as a TrueView. We all know that photos can vary wildly with technique.
One would think on a coin of this importance, the auction house Goldberg would go all out to shoot the coin that $$ can buy.
But that's just me & what do I know.
Even when you go all out, different photographers have different preferences and techniques. Goldberg photos have a different look than Legend and TrueView photos.
Different photographic styles are not going to change some of the key issues with this coin. What I see is some terminal toning on what is an MS coin supposedly. Maybe the Legend images will be better and I look forward to seeing them and would love to see this one in hand to try to figure out why it is graded as it is because what I see are issues that I personally would not want on an MS coin I am paying $33K for. I don't care whether this is a key date or a common Barber, I still want a coin that is all there and the terminal black toning tells me it is not (with the caveat of no in hand viewing).
@Zoins said:
I'm curious what photos of this coin would look like on Legend's website and as a TrueView. We all know that photos can vary wildly with technique.
One would think on a coin of this importance, the auction house Goldberg would go all out to shoot the coin that $$ can buy.
But that's just me & what do I know.
If those are artifacts as claimed, no auction house worth its salt would allow an image that bad online, and yes, I know that overall auction photographs are not the greatest.
@bronco2078 said:
I think that a barber can pull off black or mottled better than any other design. I like it the way it is but then again I will buy VG barbers all day long if they have that circ-cam look . I will put them away in 2x2's for 40 years just on the hope that people will take a liking to them down the road.
I feel like the black on this won't respond to dip very well , it will want to stay put . I think it will look worse after the attempt.
I agree. I cannot imagine what this would look like with a dip, but I doubt it would be pretty.
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I'm looking for an 01-S in unc and I completely missed the auction. I would've bid higher if I hadn't.
@tradedollarnut can you please let me know if it's for sale?
I think that a barber can pull off black or mottled better than any other design. I like it the way it is but then again I will buy VG barbers all day long if they have that circ-cam look . I will put them away in 2x2's for 40 years just on the hope that people will take a liking to them down the road.
I feel like the black on this won't respond to dip very well , it will want to stay put . I think it will look worse after the attempt.
I'm curious what photos of this coin would look like on Legend's website and as a TrueView. We all know that photos can vary wildly with technique.
One would think on a coin of this importance, the auction house Goldberg would go all out to shoot the coin that $$ can buy.
But that's just me & what do I know.
Even when you go all out, different photographers have different preferences and techniques. Goldberg photos have a different look than Legend and TrueView photos.
But the client pays the bills, so the 2 cent question is, were they happy/satisfy with the results?
One way to tell is to view other coins in the same auction & compare them to this coin?
OR could it be that it was a late addition & they didn't have enough time to possible cac it. So the foto could've been done in a rush & not shot by their regular potographer?
Lots of speculation on my part.
Different photographic styles are not going to change some of the key issues with this coin. What I see is some terminal toning on what is an MS coin supposedly. Maybe the Legend images will be better and I look forward to seeing them and would love to see this one in hand to try to figure out why it is graded as it is because what I see are issues that I personally would not want on an MS coin I am paying $33K for. I don't care whether this is a key date or a common Barber, I still want a coin that is all there and the terminal black toning tells me it is not (with the caveat of no in hand viewing).
Best, SH
If those are artifacts as claimed, no auction house worth its salt would allow an image that bad online, and yes, I know that overall auction photographs are not the greatest.
I agree. I cannot imagine what this would look like with a dip, but I doubt it would be pretty.