Modern Commemoratives

get the coins out of the mint packaging and put it in the intercept sheelg box u can leave the airitites as is

 

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whats the difference between the intercept box, and the mint packing? Are the materials in the intercept box less 'gaseous' the the mint?

i do so love the mint packing, usually. I can even leave the COA with it. The intercept box is only for slabs. no COA's. somebody out there who makes these hobby supplies isnt looking out for the commem collectors

 

OH OH! I created a monster! :bigeyes: LOL! If you continue with what you have started, I do believe that the work you are doing will become the online reference guide to modern and eventually early comms. There is very little to nothing out there. Awesome work!

 

Thanks im not sure my site would become the 'authorative' place, but thanks LOL

I will pick up some of the early comemms, those in my price range lol but unfortunately thats does not include many

 

I was thiking about this the other day Spock. a company like Intercept, or someone similar, needs to create a page that is customized for each yar to fit the commems for that year AND the COA all in one page, all sealed for protection. Each page could then be placed in a binder and each year can then be added ... then looking at the commems would be as easy as flipping the enxt page. And im not thinking about a pagemade out of chinsey cardboard either. SOmethign with quality and reidity for protection. Have the whol page be made out of the stuff the intercept capsuls are made of. Sure, each page might run $20 or so... but the presentation and security of the coins would be close to absolute!

now watch .. now that i spelled out how it should be done, someone will come and post the exact product already for sale

 

first rule if u dont want ur coins toning hazing wtc is to get an intercept box from interceptshield. they actually neutralize the gases in the atmosphere so ur coins cant be harmed by becoming a sacrifice. u can store anything u want inthe intercept box is big enough to hold 10 mint sets. the slab one is different. before u go big on comems do ur research and accept the risk its not as financially rewarding as any other branch

 

they dont need to their boxes at 14.99 are good enough get 10 boxes and ull fit everything in from 1982 onwards

 

boxes for what? commems? or mint sets??

 

Great job Daggarjon!! Wonderful coins....where are the Olympic Issues??
Fantastic job on the Website as well...:high5: :high5:
That explains why you have been online so much...LOL..


The_Man....

Do not let that bug you..simply put, the physics of light is rather straight forward..all you need to remember is that at whatever angle the light strikes a metal object, the angle of light coming off the object will be equal to that angle.

So light your subject...and then move the camera so that the angle of light will not come back and strike(refract) back into the lens.....if your light is at a 45 degree angle, then your camera will avoid the light bounce if it is set at 40 degrees or less ....this is a great way to prevent reflection which can cause a number of issues!


RickieB

 

I have 3 100 watt lightbuls in an triangular pattern about 6 inches from a center point. The in the middle, between the lights and the object i am taking images from, i have a trianlge of flexiglass, coated with translucient contact paper, and white cloth. The combination helps defract the light, but still flood the interior with light, all with 'day light' light bulbs...

i posted a thread at one point when i was building it if you do a search you can find what it looks like as it was being built... but here are those pics..




and here are images of the box being done...




It doesnt look like much, but i get more then enough light then i need, and it provides light from all angles to prevent too many dark spots. When there is a coin where the edge design is alot higher then the interior, the inside can get dark spots... to prevent this i have a desk lamp outfitted with 'day light' light bulbs as well, then i can use that to come in from the top to light the interior of the coin.

the most important thing i found was that i couldnt use direct light. it bleached the coin with hot spots. I had to diffuse the light, and diffuse it good. 1 person suggested i use a mild carton to diffuse the light. I never tried it, but i can imagine it would work well.

 

What you need to add to that box is one of those dimmer switches. It just replaces the switch you have. Then you can manually adjust the light as needed. Nice job!

 

good idea :thumb: when i read your post, i at first thought i couldnt as the bulbs i use are non-dimmable. But i just checked the bulb boxes, and it doesnt say that. So now i am wondering what i just bought that did say not to be used with dimable switches lol

and i went out a month or so ago, and bought 100W, 75W, 60W and 40W 'daylight' bulbs for different lighting needs *groan* lol i should have just installed a dim switch

 

Those are definitely some sweet commems! I have just started collecting them but am wanting to stay with the silvers only. Although it may be a more valued set in completion. Recently I have been looking for the Vietnam Wall Memorial commem but no such luck. There are a few on e-bay but I would rather be able to actually see it in my hand to make sure it is the one that I want, any leads?

 

I stick strictly with silver myself as well. Its possible, the collection could be worth more when finsihed if it included the gold, but it would also cost a whole lot more to build it. If i am going to buy gold, ill go with something else

Except for the coins i got from the mint, which i would say started in 2001/2002, anything earlier came from Ebay. Sometimes deals can be found, but i find myself looking for BIN's so i dont have to wait lol the way i look at it, anytime i use a BIN, i spend more money then in an auction, but sometimes i hate the wait

I think i started hitting the commens harder half way through 2001. I remember seeing the Buffalo dollar as i searched the net ... i went screaming for the Mints site as i really wanted them. Too bad for me, they were long sold out. I had to pick them up in the aftermarket for a premium way above the inital price.

 

thats better than having to buy it from the aftermarket becoz ur memory made a mistake

i thougtht i had bough them but i ad not so i ended up paying $150 fr it lasy year. the only consolation it was a 70 same ting with lewis clark thought i had it luckily that mistake was not a lot to rectify