I would like to ask the "masses" opinion...& to vote your choice!

Greetings Collectors,

As the "month" mark arrives on Nov. 17th from when I asked for help. I find myself "undecided" as to which picture looks best? I am refering to showing the entire "holder" with the coin "OR" crop just the "coin" only. I am torn between the two and the reasons are. One could take any picture of any coin with a particular date and mintmark and insert it there in the slot allotted. Of couse what's stopping someone from saying they own a NGC (or PCGS) coin from a pic in an ad or where-ever. I know what your're thinking as in why would a "true" collector go and "lie" about what he or she owns? My brain is always going a "hundred miles per hour" and I think up some of the dardest things. I just think that if there is a way to "cheat" then someone is bound to do it. I hate to think it would happen here, but it's possible. There I go "rambling" again. I am gonna try and forget I just said all that and try and have a little more faith in my fellow man (and woman).

I looked at some coins one of our fellow collector has here. I not gonna say who or what set of coins they were, but when I clicked on an indivigual coin to "enlarge" it, barely increased in size. I mean, I thought I must have "blinked" and missed it so I did it again. Still no increase in size. I know mine are not like that but this set in question was just the "thumbnail" of the coin alone with no "holder". I was not sure I liked that so I had to go to mine again and look. At present I am still undecided.

I had thought I would be able to get more detail with the coin alone without the holder but I am not sure that's the case either. Anyway I have them done "both ways" in different sets. I mean in one set they are all just the coins with no holder and in others I have the coin and the holder. I have not mixed the two within one set. I will say that in editing, it is much faster for me to crop just the coin because doing the holder means having to do an extra step or two to ensure it is perfect on the "vertical".

I am leaning to "just the coin" way but the perfectionist in me says "that's the easy way out" so don't do it. But I can tell very little difference in the actual "detail" of the coin no matter which way I do it. If any of you have the time and want to, please take a look at two of my sets "gallery wise". My Walker "short set" #1 is done with the coin and the holder while my Franklin "set #1" is done showing just the coin. I am curious as to see what others prefer. I am not going to re-shoot any set that I have already done but I still have sets left to do. I am "on the fence" on this one and could use your help/opinion once again.

If enough of you vote, I will share the "results" here in a post by the end of the week. A simple vote, either "showing the coin and the holder" or "just the coin without the holder". This could be fun, another reason to love this good ol "U S of A" and her coins. Democracy in action... I will leave you with the harder of the two ways (for me). "Coin with the holder" See, I didn't get this one just right, as it's tilted top to the left. Oh well, it's as good as it's gonna get...

Thanks again to all of you that gave me a hand in this last "month" of studies. "Still having fun with my coins!" Happy Collecting! WKF