Grading coins based on poor quality images

[stevo1962]

I'm going to regret writing this, although I'm sure everyone already has their eyes peeled, but I read a story on the old forum where a number of years ago someone took a flier on a very bad photo of a 1922 Threepence. Any guesses on what the delivered coin turned out to be? No prizes for correctly guessing.

Would be nice for the buyer if that happened and sometimes it's worth taking a chance if its not high value

[robbiegal]

22/21 o'date 3p

think I read about it in CAB

[echidna]

This was about the worst seller photo I've ever seen:

In real life:


I agree with MARKNs comments about interpreting poor images - look for some lustre if its silver.

Also you can get some sort of idea about originality even with crappy pics.

[Australian coin]

oh wow nice coin, who would of guessed by that original pic

[Fulvio]

Just goes to show that not all bad photography is attempted fraud. Some of it is lack of skills.

Nice pickup.

[ausjack]

I object..I'm skilled, just not at taking photo's of coins :mocking:

and I would have guessed AC..then again maybe not :laugh2:

[Fulvio]

I object..I'm skilled, just not at taking photo's of coins

Yeah, we've seen your skills in action. And very good skills they are too...

As for taking pics of coins, as Mark says, its all in the lighting. One of these days I'll find enough horizontal space somewhere to set up the copy stand and lights permanently, but until then, its crappy hand-held pics from me with whatever light happens to be nearby at the time.

[ausjack]

:dance: thanks mate, no sun here so no pic's today :winkextra:

[robbiegal]

I just use a table lamp, jack

[ausjack]

I'm still trying to find the right light and thinking about using 2 like some have suggested..if you look at my other thread about grading the 2008 50 cent you'll see the different colours..I can admit I'm just hopeless at takin coin pic's

[robbiegal]

moved to another thread

[trout]

Here is a perfect example of a crappy photo with the potential to be a really nice coin.
I will see when it arrives :ok:
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/1946-Australian-Florin-Taken-From-Ram-Roll-Nice-Coin-/181158910945?_trksid=p2047675.l2557&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEWNX%3AIT&nma=true&si=YcWC1ay5Et4%252BPiPDfO4ZK0MdmZo%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc

[Basil]

Yeah,were there RAM rolls in 1946?,all bagged AFAIK.

[robbiegal]

there are rolls of the 1946 florins around
ask Walter
he knows about them - there was a hoard found in Switzerland or something like that
or was it the 1944 florin? I might have my wires crossed

they sometimes sell florin rolls at our auction house here too

[wwwww]

The Vienna hoard rolls 1945 and earlier (mostly 1944-S).

There were Commonwealth Bank 1946 rolls but these were shipped via train from Melbourne to Sydney before being rolled so the coins are heavily bagged.