Was looking through some of my coins and noticed this one. I googled it and found it. Just wanted to gather some info, maybe. http://errorcoins.auctivacommerce.com/1999-Dime-Finned-Rim-Mint-Error--P573732.aspx What I think I have. And what I have: I know it's a crappy picture, but it's the best I can get...lol
Not an mint error, but PMD. It spent some time in a clothes dryer or it's been spooned. Either way, not a mint error coin.
A photo of the edge would help the ruling out a spooning effect if the reeding is undamaged. Doesn't appear so to me. Looks like possibly a bit of a misaligned die. Just my opinion.
I'll try to get a better picture of it. I have 3 camera device, none of which will take a non-blurry picture, ha. My phone and ipod's cams are horrible and my camera is only like a 5mp and is quite old.
It has a macro setting. But it's horrible. That picture I posted was a macro picture lol. It doesn't focus up close like it's supposed to ;/
Actually the focus on that coin is fine. The reason that coin doesn't look better is because it has been taken at a an acute angle. Most people that have problems focusing even with a macro setting is because they are still trying to get too close to the coin. The macro setting lets you get closer to the coin but there is still a minimum distance. You have the camera closer than that and it won't focus. If you can't get as close as you want, increase the resolution you are shooting at, get as close as you can then crop the extra materiel out of the picture and enlarge the image to the size you want. Another problem a lot of people have with extreme closeups is the the closer you get the steadier the camera has to be held. This can be countered with a higher shutter speed or even better a tripod and either a remote shutter trip or a timed shutter trip.
