1969 S clipped planchet and a 1960 broken die on Liberty. Opinions welcome View attachment 623973 View attachment 623974
@Nolan Workman You should take your photos from directly overhead and be sure to give us a full image of the obverse for the clip. It's hard to tell about the damage on LIBERTY because of the reflection. Chris
No.. A Broken Die would not cause the R in LIBERTY to have that appearance. If it were broken in that spot, or the correct way of looking at it would be a piece that fell off, it would appear raised. Then it would be called a Die Chip. I think LIBERTY just took a hit.
It looks like a very faint stem on the "R". Hard to tell from the angle you took but I'm thinking it was a grease filled die.
This image was taken at an angle, too, and it distorts the whole appearance of the coin. What is so difficult about taking a photo from directly overhead? Chris
I have an inexpensive digital microscope with a short focal length, so when I lift the microscope four inches to make the coin fill the field, it distorts the image, and, the microscope does not have the capability of capturing a photo, so picture of a picture is the best I can do. I hoped the clipped planchet would be the interesting part.
It looks as if you are on a computer, no? If you are on a computer and cannot figure out how to make your USB microscope take/save a picture, you can always use the print screen button on your keyboard. Then open up Paint and paste the image. http://www.internet4classrooms.com/prtsc2paint2word.htm
Thank you for your suggestion as I can see it would help in the process; I think my underlying problem is the poor quality of the microscope as most viewers want to see the entirety of the coin and not just the area of the defect. I will work to improve the process, again, thanks for the suggestion.
I found upgraded software online for the microscope, a mere thirty bucks, but it skips all of the monkey motion, but I am still stuck with the limited focal length.
I think a lot of the issue with your photographs is simply that they are photos of a computer monitor. Not only are you losing detail, but there is glare on the screen and distortion of the photograph. If you cannot fit the whole coin, just split it between two photos. It's not quite the same but it would be good enough. Just post it directly. Have you tried taking a photograph with the camera you took the photo of the photo with? ...Some guys create adequate photos with nothing other than a phone camera.
The software I bought allows me to post directly without photographing the screen, my last couple posts have been with the new software; not using the screen photos. Thanks for your input, I will keep trying to improve posts.
For whole coin shots, even a cheap P&S camera, with proper technique, may be your best bet. In another thread @dwhiz posted one he recently picked up for a whopping $5 that would more than suffice.
Haha... my apologies; you're right, and was just force of habit. Thanks for stopping in and sharing the link.
