A few coin from my collection

these are some bust coins I recently bought on ebay from a single seller. Decent circulated ones that don't look fussed with. I am not sure why the photobucket images are so humongous, Does anyone know a way to make them smaller? Thanks.

I apologize- the first and last images go together.

 

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WOW! I'm envious...lol
Nice coins indeed...Nice pickups! Very nice!

 

Very nice coins! One of my favorite series to collect.
Guy~

 

The dime is your best coin, and is very, very nice!

 

Thanks guys, I've only been collecting for about 2 years, and when I started I tended to gravitate towards the 'bright' stuff before I began hanging out on sites like this one. Now, the older the coin, the more I like the crust and patina!

 

Now for something different: I am building a dinky set of colonial era coins, and since these circulated frequently in the Colonies and young USA, not to mention that it's in the front of the Red Book-- I had to get one. This is from the Manila Gallery on eBay.

 

Nice looking coins! Really nice Colonial!

 

On photobucket you can edit the images and resize them down. I have no problem with the way they are - on a laptop, wireless and out of town. Loaded just fine and quick for me. Yeah - I also looked at the pictures and figured the first and last went together. I like that batch of busties - a few dings, but all of them look nice and original to me. GLad you like them - busties are fun. Now you need some books so you can attribute them.

 

have you attributed those busties?

 

Nice catches

 

I like those alot! Nice pieces and good photography as well.

RickieB

 

When you upload to the Bucket you can pick the size you wish them to be or edit them after they are uploaded as mark said.

 

I haven't tried to attribute them. I'm afraid if I buy Overton/Souders/Parsley I'll become an addict!!! Just say NO!! Actually, I may have inhaled already. The number of bust halves in my collection keeps going up, and I seem to have acquired 3 1829's without realizing it. Most of them are affordable in the middle grades, and they are just darned nice looking coins. Thanks for the kind remarks.

My photo quality improved all of a sudden. I bought an old, manual micro-Nikkor and stuck it on my wife's D-40, got an old testrite copy stand, reset the white balance and got to work. These were photo'd using 2 75 watt daylight bulbs in the goosenecks that came with the stand. I set the white balance using the stand baseboard, which is helpfully colored gray. focusing is the hardest thing, as the old lens doesn't have a grid or split screen. holding a magnifier over the camera viewer and stopping down to f-16 helps some.
Thanks, Idhair. I resized the pillar dollar as you suggested and it worked fine.

 

Coins and photography - like Coke and a Smile

 

There is not much i can add to what the others have said, except i like your choice of coins too! Nice additions all, specially the 25C and 10C. Much like my own taste: busts and colonials.
regards,
Eduard

 

Here are 2 more Busties, the 1825 and 1826. I really like the shape of the 2's in this series!

 

yes - the 2 is original. What is that mark that goes through the eagles neck and into the field of the second coin of the new images?

Ruben

 

That's a streak of tarnish, optimistically called toning when the coin is for sale.

 

Is that yours?