Ceiling color makes a difference...

...on the quality of the image. I have all my coins and my computer in the basement (finished), which keeps family harmony. The ceiling board in the basement is a light off green color. And it sure shows up in the pictures, especially on the silver coins which have a lot of luster.

What's funny is, it took me about 3 days to figure this out. On Sunday, I finally took some time away, did some other hobby interests, and while I was doing them, I happened to look up, and suddenly it HIT me. The lights on directly attached to the ceiling, and the coins were catching the reflection.

I guess we all live and learn, and I guess 3 days isn't that long to have the bulb of inpiration turn on. :-)

I'm including a pic of the obverse of the same 1877-S Trade dollar as I attached before, please let me know how much difference you see.

1877STrade