Well, about 90% of it. Since my type set is in the NGC Registry they are obviously all in NGC or PCGS slabs. And it stops at 1964 (last year for 90% silver coins). Two coins are in the process of being replaced. I've been looking for them for at least a year. Tough to find the way I want them. Currently have them but not in NGC or PCGS slabs. Can't image what I don't have. And several of the newer coins are shared in more than one set. I haven't got them imaged yet. Here's an example of how my images are formatted. This coin is NOT in my type set. The border and text are meant to match the metal (silver in this case):
A little off topic but: Just curious about if you started with raw coins and then decided to go with slabbed. Currently, all of my coins are raw but am considering replacing them with slabs. Format looks good BTW. But why the excessive background? Long descriptions perhaps?
I've got the XHTML all coded from the first time I did a website for my type set. But I'll have to go in and update all the filenames. That will take a while. Originally I started with slabbed coins, then cracked them out and put them in Eagle holders. The intent was to put them in an album that would be easy to handle and view. But later I changed my mind and had them all reslabbed. LESSON LEARNED: Make up your mind ahead of time and stick to it. Reslabbing cost a bunch of bucks. The excessive background is a result of a decision I made and will stick to (see LESSON LEARNED above). The coins will be shown in their relative sizes. A half dime is small so it takes up only a small area. Silver dollars are large and take up most of the area.
Good advice. Wish I would have taken it earlier (Not sure I am gonna do it but seriously considering it) I will learn from your experience on this one. Thanks for the tip.
The LESSON LEARNED applies to about any venture. "Plan Ahead". The "relative size" concept is strictly a personal preference. Not everyone in here agreed with it when I asked for opinions. But two other suggestions I did incorporate: 1. Make the background black (I originally had white). 2. Do away with the text labeling at the top (I make two images now, one with and one without text).
Good question. And the answer is definitely "No!" Some got body bagged. Some dropped down one increment. Some went up one increment. I don't have any records documenting the results. The one I remember is my 1908-S Indian Head cent. I bought it as a MS-64 Red. After resubmission it came back MS-65 RB. Sort of a push. A grade higher but a drop from Red to RB.
I wish they would come out with an album friendly slab. Something low profile that can be slide into an album page. Maybe made out of a somewhat flexible but durable plastic.
The closest thing I know of are Eagle albums. I use them. See here: https://www.eaglecoinholders.com/osCommerce/catalog/
Kanga, I very much like your presentation, but if you don't mind my asking why did you make the picture so small relative to the background? I'd love to see that coin even more closely, but the picture kinds of just teases you. Respectfully submitted...Mike
Actually the main reason was, if you make a large image of a small coin it REALLY looks ugly. I wanted the viewers to see approximately what they would see if they had the slab in hand. It's the same philosophy used by the professional graders. I believe they use at most a 5x loupe. If you use a 100x stereomicroscope ALL coins are going to display irregularities. If someone REALLY wants to see the coin close up, I've also kept the original image. For this half dime that means an image that would fill your screen.
Really nice but there is a bit too much background. The images of the coin don't need to be larger but they are half the size of the entire image.
I wanted the format for all coins to be sized the same (personal preference). If I post a half dollar or dollar coin, you would see the background adequately filled. In fact I had to reduce the dollar coins slightly so that they would fit. And the background was sized to reasonably approximate the width of a full screen at 1024x768 resolution without having to scroll.
The main difficulty some people have with what I've done is that the coin is too small and doesn't fill the background. Of course by now you are aware that was by choice (mine). I wanted the coins to be displayed in relative size. I remember the time I got my first half dime. I was caught by surprise by its smallness. The problem was that I hadn't really thought about it. Anyway, to show you what the big coins look like, here's two:
Ah ha! I think I understand now, you made the half dimes smaller so they look smaller when next to your other types!
I didn't make them smaller. They just are smaller. And when I shoot everything at the same camera settings, smaller things come out smaller and larger things come out larger. The only coin I had to adjust the size was the silver dollars. At my camera setting I couldn't get the whole coin in. I had to reduce it a bit. Not much. Probably only about a 10%.
