NGC coin imaging services

[Curry]

Hi guys. I am going to submit some toner Lincoln's and some coins that I wanted to have a professional picture with. Since I'm not good at taking pictures of coins. Would it be good if I bought the service from NGC? And If I should which service would I buy?

 

Thank you

[messydesk]

Call me biased, but I have a better idea, which I'll detail in a PM.

[MarkFeld]

Call me biased, but I have a better idea, which I'll detail in a PM.

 

Curry, if, by chance, the PM from Mr. Biased involves his imaging the coins, take him up on it. He is very reasonable and an exceptional photographer.

[bstrauss3]

Curry, if, by chance, the PM from Mr. Biased involves his imaging the coins, take him up on it. He is very reasonable and an exceptional photographer.

 

Of course it is - follow the link in John's sig and look at his gallery. The images are beyond gorgeous.

[Coindude]

Call me biased, but I have a better idea, which I'll detail in a PM.

Curry, if, by chance, the PM from Mr. Biased involves his imaging the coins, take him up on it. He is very reasonable and an exceptional photographer.

Such blatant self promotion! Too bad he's that good or I'd have something bad to say!

[RWB]

John has done good work with some bad (difficult) subjects for me.

[Curry]

I was just messaging him. He showed me his work and I decided I will work with him later when I decide to get the coins graded.

 

Just want to say thanks guys

[physics-fan3.14]

No offense to NGC, they do a lot of things really well. Coin imaging is not one of them.

 

I can think of at least 10 different people that will get you significantly better pictures, for equal or less money.

[Nutmeg Coin]

The NGC scanner images are an important record of certain details on the coin; maybe not the level of professionality of PCGS, which are "pornographic" to me, but they are free. Tom Bush charges $10 a coin last I checked: http://i.imgur.com/3MaLTZ5.gif He did a great job for me.

[EVillageProwler]

I decided to try NGC's Photo Vision service. They do it out of the holder, so that is an advantage over 3rd party photographers. Here are two coins that Doug Plasencia did for me today that I include here -- in FULL SIZE -- for commentary.

 

I have two complaints regarding their product: they sent the images to me as PDF files, with the overall resolution (per Adobe Elements) as 300 dpi; and, the NGC logo is too prominent. As far as the actual coin pictures are concerned, they are nice: faithful in color to the coins in hand, and I can blow them up a lot on my 27" iMac before I notice any grainy resolution. He also contacted me prior to ask me how I want the reverse orientation done: as-is, or aligned 0h with the obverse.

 

I haven't yet provided feedback to Doug, but will do so by showing him this thread. Overall, I think he did an excellent job with the imaging with my sample size of two coins.

 

(As an aside, for those who don't know: Doug was the photographer for the old B&M/ANR/Stacks folks, and left after the B&M/Stacks merger.)

 

EVP

 

 

 

[copper toning]

Nice photos

 

I did not even know ngc provided this service

 

I would love to see some toned Lincolns where can I find more images?

[Curry]

Of toned lincolns? i'm going to send them in for grading soon.

[EVillageProwler]

Of toned lincolns? i'm going to send them in for grading soon.

 

If you're going to send in a coin for grading, it may be very cost effective to try out their imaging service on the same invoice to save on shipping, insurance and turn around time. If you don't like it, then don't use them anymore.

 

But, Doug used to do images for B&M/ANR/Stacks catalogs. If you like those images, then there is reason to believe that he'll do ok for you at NGC.

 

EVP

[robec1347]

If you are just sending coins in to be photographed only with their Photo Vision it will cost $25 per coin if they shoot the coin raw.

 

You would pay $15 for the photo and another $10 reholder fee.

[copper toning]

If you are just sending coins in to be photographed only with their Photo Vision it will cost $25 per coin if they shoot the coin raw.

 

You would pay $15 for the photo and another $10 reholder fee.

 

How does this compare to pcgs photos?

[robec1347]

If you are just sending coins in to be photographed only with their Photo Vision it will cost $25 per coin if they shoot the coin raw.

 

You would pay $15 for the photo and another $10 reholder fee.

 

How does this compare to pcgs photos?

All I could find from the NGC site is this gallery. I don't see much in the way of toners.

 

Link

[jpcienkus]

Very nice. Especially since you stated the pictures are true representations of the coins.

[copper toning]

If you are just sending coins in to be photographed only with their Photo Vision it will cost $25 per coin if they shoot the coin raw.

 

You would pay $15 for the photo and another $10 reholder fee.

 

How does this compare to pcgs photos?

All I could find from the NGC site is this gallery. I don't see much in the way of toners.

 

Link

 

Sorry I ment price wise

[robec1347]

If you are just sending coins in to be photographed only with their Photo Vision it will cost $25 per coin if they shoot the coin raw.

 

You would pay $15 for the photo and another $10 reholder fee.

 

How does this compare to pcgs photos?

All I could find from the NGC site is this gallery. I don't see much in the way of toners.

 

Link

 

Sorry I ment price wise

PCGS is $10 for TrueView and $12 for reholder.