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RYKRYK Posts: 35,800 ✭✭✭✭✭
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at coin images. Viewing lots of coins in person can make one an expert at coins. Please do not confuse the two.

I see quite a few people praise or dismiss a coin solely on the basis of the image. One even told me that a crusty VF gold coin looked "shiny" on the basis of a low-end scan.

It's nice to have attractive coin images, but it is even nicer to have attractive coins.
My Box of 20: https://pcgs.com/setregistry/collectors-showcase/box-20/ryks-gold-box-20/17132

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  • billboatbillboat Posts: 2,260
    imageimage
    Curmudgeon in waiting!
  • numismanumisma Posts: 3,877 ✭✭✭✭

    Funny you should post this as I recently witnessed this very phenomenon. I agree with you 100%.
  • garsmithgarsmith Posts: 5,894 ✭✭
    Word!
  • FatManFatMan Posts: 8,977 ✭
    Yeah, you might be right. But a collection of nice images can cost a lot less than nice coins and they score the same in the Registry.image
  • darktonedarktone Posts: 8,437 ✭✭✭
    I totally agree! So many people here(and on the web in general) think they know how to grade just from looking at all the ebay auction pictures. I think this why I can go to most any coin show and cherry pick stuff that others miss- like those 48-D kennedy's I got for $30 each last week.
  • BECOKABECOKA Posts: 16,961 ✭✭✭
    I completely agree. Although I have recently sinned and bought a coin from an image. image
  • CalGoldCalGold Posts: 2,608 ✭✭


    << <i> like those 48-D kennedy's I got for $30 each last week. >>



    Perhaps you should have stuck to pictures. image

    CG

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