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It is often said that you can grade coins from pictures. Yet, if you are buying on-line, especially during the pandemic, when there was little face to face business done for most collectors, it has become a skill that you need to develop. I have started to do quite well with my interpretations of Heritage Auction and other on-line photos. During the pandemic I had only one return out of a few dozen transactions.
Another comment is that it’s unfair to shoot pictures of coins to their best advantage. There is some truth to this, but sometimes a pair of photos does not provide a clean picture of how the coin looks in person.
There are three examples.
Would you buy this NGC PR-66 grade quarter from this photo?
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