Inherited some interesting coins...

Everyone,

My dad downsized his entire life and left his estate to his children prior to parting the earth. Being the coin nut of the family, he gave me a bunch of coins. Most were early 20th century U.S. coins, which is my forte, but there was nothing spectacular in the bunch.

However, there were a bunch of foreign coins I find interesting, but I don't know anything about them. There was a small stack of what I'm calling, "WW I coins," from some of the European countries of the era. There were also a few from Napoleon III in the mid-1800s in France.

I'm playing with my new digital microscope for the first time, and I noticed it takes the pictures in mirror image. Thus, all the writing appears backwards. Does anyone know how to flip this around?

1831, 5 Francs, France:







1901 2 Marks, Germany (Wilhelm II):






1855 Dix centimes, France (Napoleon III):





^^^ I have two 1855s and two 1854s, but this is in the best condition.

1866 20 (?) Centesimi, Italy:





I also got some British coins from George V, George VI, and Edward VII, and, as I said, some WW I coins from France, Germany, and Belgium.

 

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Strange, I never saw a microscope reverse the images before

 

why are all these reversed images ?

 

Read the OP. lazy

 

duh. just could not understand why he could not reverse them ?

 

Sadly your coins appear to be cleaned and/or damaged. You can find a lot of information at www.numista.com

E.g. 1901 Prussia - 2 Mark commem:
http://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces11321.html

 

That's a new one on me! Maybe it was made in ANIHC.

Chris

 

I would think there is some setting on the microscope that would reverse these images, otherwise photo software should.

 

Somewhere in your scope settings program folder there should be a box that has "mirror image" next to it - uncheck the box. Hope you can find it - I had the same thing happen to my printer.

 

Or.........hold the image up to a mirror........


Sorry. I'll go stand in the corner.

 

Interesting stuff Mac.........

 

Darn, the solution to the problem is always so easy!!

 

Better hide them ducks Markus.....I'm hungry tonite.....

 

They are ready for you - LOL!!

 

He looks formidable, not tasty......I'll pass.

 

I was just painting my barn red and he just got done stirring the paint - what else??
Sure don't want to imply violence and have to go drinking with Insider cause I got booted again

 

You booted? Never........

 

Funny, let's just put it this way:

 

Should be a 10 Centesimi 1866 M (Milan mint) KM#11.1