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braddick · March 10, 2003 1:45PM

Even with my monitor contrast turned down low I squinted to see this one!
Stunning: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3012497741&category=11944

hookedoncoins · March 10, 2003 1:48PM

WHOA! I have never seen colors that bright! My eyes are burning!

-Jarrett Roberts

Bear · March 10, 2003 1:48PM

Its a simple case of excessive solar radiation (severe sunburn).

Looks like someone turned up the toning button , to color me ridiculous.

aeast236 · March 10, 2003 1:48PM

drooool!!! That is one pretty coin. I just won one of his auctions and cant wait to see it in person.

robertpr · March 10, 2003 1:49PM

Zoinks!

clw54 · March 10, 2003 1:54PM

How did that happen?

dbldie55 · March 10, 2003 1:56PM

Must have went to a different coin for me. All I saw was a putrid looking Lincoln. Looks corroded.

braddick · March 10, 2003 2:08PM

<< <i>Must have went to a different coin for me. All I saw was a putrid looking Lincoln. Looks corroded. >>

Hey!! If that was my coin I'd be deeply offended!

Ok, not really. . .

dbldie55 · March 10, 2003 2:15PM

Just consider me one less bidder to contend with. Everyone has different tastes. A coin like that is worth nothing to me. In other words, if I owned it, I would have no hard feelings selling it.

satootoko · March 10, 2003 2:52PM

<< <i>All I saw was a putrid looking Lincoln. Looks corroded. >>

Or tarnished.

hookedoncoins · March 10, 2003 3:04PM

How did that coin only make RB? That is the brightest red I have ever seen.

-Jarrett Roberts

nwcs · March 10, 2003 9:55PM

My my, some people seem to love to play with photoshop. May not be what happened here, but sure looks like it.

Outhaul · March 10, 2003 10:16PM

I side with Neil...looks scanner toned to me.

coppercoins · March 11, 2003 2:37AM

A severe case of tarnish from environmental damage. I'll take mine naturally red, thanks.

braddick · March 11, 2003 2:58AM

<< <i>I side with Neil...looks scanner toned to me. >>

The PCGS green insert and color the the slab tell me this one hasn't received any serious tweeking of the photo.

nwcs · March 11, 2003 3:05AM

May not be photoshoped, but I think the lighting makes it look like this. And maybe a photoshop filter to sharpen or something. When you consider the angle the pic is, it's likely to not look as impressive dead on. You can tell that the top image is stretched to make it look more round from the angle it was photographed in.

BNE · March 11, 2003 3:09AM

Well, most toned coins require a little tilting to look their best. This is not a problem, to me.

coingame2000 · March 11, 2003 3:22AM

I've purchased a number of coins from this seller and have been very satisfied -- so I disagree on the tweaking.

Mike

Outhaul · March 11, 2003 3:29AM

<< <i>The PCGS green insert and color the the slab tell me this one hasn't received any serious tweeking of the photo. >>

Good point, Pat...I stand corrected.

Cheers,

Bob

LincolnCentMan · March 11, 2003 3:32AM

I've only bought one coin from that seller. Although I was very pleased with the coin, the picture certainly portrayed it in a beter light (or lights). As far as that coin goes... well... let's just say that I'm less than impressed.

David

WWW · March 11, 2003 3:36AM

His images are tweaked using Photoshop. But only in order to match the coin.
But check his feedback. Even the illustrious and infamous Anaconda has commented
how the image matched the coin. I can also attest to the accuracy of the colors in his
images as I have bought several coins from this seller and without exception, they have
matched or exceeded the image. He does use a very bright lighting set up, IMHO, and
that is what I suspect generates some of the comments about his image enhancement.

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