I like coins

Discussion in 'Ancient Coins' started by Andrew McCabe, Jan 10, 2021.

  1. Orfew

    Orfew Draco dormiens nunquam titillandus

    A great photo Donna. Thanks for sharing this. I spent some time looking at enlargements of your coins. This is a very nice curated collection.
     
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  3. Spargrodan

    Spargrodan Well-Known Member

    Oh god no I hope the month, if waiting for the other two I guess I would have to wait forever. :woot:

    I don't think that would be nessesary. One have to understand the purpose of the picture in its context. Besides this is a forum so if someone want to se more of a specific coin why not simply ask for more pictures?
     
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  4. DonnaML

    DonnaML Well-Known Member

    Apology accepted. I have no reason to ignore you, and don't expect you to give me one in the future!
     
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  5. Limes

    Limes Well-Known Member

    Lovely coins! And that display case for the ancient coins I see in your photo is interesting. What (kind of) case is it?

    Good idea, and I'm thinking of taking group photo's more often. Its interesting to see the variation in diameter etc in perspective like that. Although I'm 1) not a good photographer and don't have a good camera, so pictures of coins could end up with a disturbing/annoying (in my opinion :)) background. And 2) I enjoy to pretty up my coins, cropping, cutting them digitally and adding a backgroup and info. It's part of the hobby I enjoy.
    But I guess I could do both!

    Another interesting group shot. Lovely to see your coins like this.
     
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  6. dougsmit

    dougsmit Member

    About 15 years ago I made this background for desktop to see if I could. To view it, you would have to install it as a tiled (repeating over and over to fill the screen)desktop in Windows (does Mac allow this?). I decided it was too busy for easy icon viewing so I faded the image allowing things on top of it to stand out. I could not bring myself to piling up the coins so this is a fake compilation constructed in Photoshop Elements. It was fun to construct but may not be something most people would enjoy doing. Of course a single background image would be better avoiding the repetition of images across the screen.
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  7. Andrew McCabe

    Andrew McCabe Well-Known Member

    It's a Royal Mint proof set box, in fact its the case that the silver piedforts immediately to its right came in; they are seated on the removable felt insert that came inside the case. When the insert is removed the box that remains is itself felt lined. Very luxurious feel with beautiful external surfaces, hinges and magnetic soft close. But you need to buy a silver or gold proof set to get the box.
     
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  8. Justin Lee

    Justin Lee I learn by doing

    Here's a group shot of my collection from about 2.5 years ago. I like the angled perspective shot, artistically speaking.
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    I think my collection now is almost 5x that size.
     
  9. DonnaML

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  10. Mr.Q

    Mr.Q Well-Known Member

    Nice coins everyone. I too like the tray Donna, well organized.
     
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  11. usmc 6123

    usmc 6123 Active Member

    Nice and clean .
     
  12. Tony1982

    Tony1982 Well-Known Member

    I love these group shots I think the coins can look better as a group most times , these are a few of my denarii I took a while back 751973E4-B4AD-41CA-AC09-AD80C878C8AE.jpeg 00DFCAA4-9718-4DBA-8391-0D6ED8729C7C.jpeg
     
  13. Johndakerftw

    Johndakerftw Mr. Rogers is My Hero

    That coin at the bottom looks kind of familiar. Lol

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    Love the man faced bull and patina on this one.

    Erin
     
  14. +VGO.DVCKS

    +VGO.DVCKS Well-Known Member

    Trivia minute: the French were issuing piedforts as of the 13th century. The examples I know of are ecclesiastical, from Reims; not even royal. From that, you might guess it was already a common enough practice.
     
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  15. Orfew

    Orfew Draco dormiens nunquam titillandus

    I really like the Domitian in the second photo. I notice the reverse is not in the other photo.
     
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  16. Theodosius

    Theodosius Fine Style Seeker

    Erin,

    You are right, that is really cool you have that coin in your collection now! I'm sure I selected it for the group photo because of its sweet green patina.

    John
     
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  17. octavius

    octavius Well-Known Member

    Awesome and beautiful selection. You have good taste in RR denarii!
     
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  18. Sulla80

    Sulla80 Well-Known Member

    @Andrew McCabe, starting a thread with that title, you may find some on this forum who agree with you.
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  19. Tony1982

    Tony1982 Well-Known Member

    It was sort of a mixed grouping in both pics , but the Domitian is a nice coin well spotted ! 78F33B36-08E9-40B1-BE50-7628439A5E4E.jpeg
     
  20. Scipio

    Scipio Well-Known Member

    Talking about groups of coins, I hope you enjoy these pictures I shot at the Museo Nazionale Romano in Rome. The second picture is the Vicarello hoard. F7896A78-7182-476A-B2B9-E418AD127894.jpeg 94E60456-5338-4EDE-A9B2-12840A7C4AB3.jpeg
     
  21. IdesOfMarch01

    IdesOfMarch01 Well-Known Member

    Nice shot! It's fun to be able to enlarge it and see more detail on the individual coins.

    I enjoy both actual trays that show only particular coins and only one side of those coins, as well as virtual trays and collages showing all coins in both obverse and reverse. I've posted many of my own on this site.

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