The kids have had me energized to do some rudementary work with them, so I have this very simple coin site slowly being built over the last couple of weeks. But I need some constructive feedback. This this the first page http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/coins.html Gold Coins http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/gold_coins.html and Morgans - in process: http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/morgan_coins.html Ruben
Ruben I love those Morgans mate :bow: and just 2 other comments LOL where the heck did he get that fish from it is as big as him LOL and finaly is that a silver & amber bracelet on your daughters wrist? I ask as I bought a very similar item for Mrs Orc at a Market in Trafalgar Square a few years back De Orc :bow:
Ruben: Nice to hear from you. The coin show is this weekend, the 2nd & 4th Sunday of the month. PM me for George's phone #, for directions.
I should add they both look ms-62/63 to me, but they are hard to grade, especially from pictures. Nice website too!
Not bad but what did put me off is the inconsistency of the picture sizes. I would rather want to see them in a consistent size as well as better clearity. Otherwise, it's a great site.
I'd go along with what gx said about the pic sizes. This next one is just my personal preference, but I'd change the font color to black. Colored fonts are just to hard on the eyes and it makes it harder to read. Overall it's a very nice family site :thumb:
Its funny you say that about the font color. When I first did Brooklyn on Line way back several kids ago, I largely liked to use a darker blue fond on white, and I always found that easier on my eyes on a computer screen than Black. But a substantial number of people of people have emailed me saying just what you say. In addition to that, a substantial number of people are just color blind to blue. I'm trying to avoid making this a professional site, just to keep it simple, but I'm getting an itch to organize it on a professional level template. I'll see. Ruben
Zane - whch grading service are you working for these days. I'm thinking of sending in a few coins. I also need to conclude that I over paid for those quarter eagles. Ruben
The fishis a blue fish caught in New York Harbor, not far off the Brooklyn shore. The boat must have caught about 80 of them that days and we caught 4. Some people caught dozens. As for my daughters wrist, not silver or precious amber but nice stones. Its an Israeli design. Ruben
Yes, but, what am I supposed to do again? email me at ruben@mrbrklyn.com or drop me a line 1-718-715-1771 Ruben
I think that with the quarter eagles you need to look at the band on the forhead. The design of the band needs to be visible and distinct for higher grades. Ruben
I was thinking about that. I can gimp it to be all the same size at 300 height (or just do it with the html actually. What size would you like to see. I tend to like 400 px height. Ruben
I was thinking if anyone has some pics of some nicely worn Morgans, I'd like to show how this coin nicely wears over time, which is part of the beauty of these coins. Barber and Morgan where great coin engravers. They really understood how the art interfaces with the medium and the public. Ruben
Website Additions: Barber Half Dollars ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ One of the best threads I participate to here on Coin Talk was the analysis of my only Barbare Half Dollar. I finally got to including it on the Safir Coin Collection site and here it is: Enjoy http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/barber_half.html The Barber series was designed by made by the US Mints Chief Engraver from 1879 until 1917, when he died. Barber's father, William Barber, was also an engraver and Charles Barber became the chief engraver when his father died in August 1879. Charles Barber's tenure as chief engraver was surrouded by strife as new ideas with regard to coin design and for that matter ideas of proper modern governance were skillfully navigated by Barber who owed his logivity in office as much to his political skills as much as his artistics skills. Aside from his political skills, however, Barber was a brilent engraver and as time progresses and the political fallout is forgotten over time we are left with just the art of the Barber coins, and they are largely breath taking.
Ruben, Just checked out your site--nice, and family friendly as well. Interesting that you have a Talyah and I have a Thalia. The one thing I noticed was a reference to attending the coin show that happened in January... I try not to include date-specific information unless it's already in the past, that way I don't get too far behind myself on my own website. I will have to go back and check some of the Williamsburg information as well-- my best friend and his family live near the Graham Avenue step on the L Train.
It is past, and I should fix it. I will sometime soon. Talyah is Hebrew. She is a great daughter, real mad at me at the moment, but the greatest little girl and now grow women anyone could ever want. Ruben
