What do you think? It has brighter/more luster than these pictures show. Any tips on how to capture more of a coin's luster? I'm guessing it is a real art that must be practiced, practiced, and practiced more
Photos are a little blurry to see too much (but hey, you already take better photos than I do). There will be plenty of people on here with photography advice, but I love the Connecticut commem -- it's a great design. What's the grade?
It would be a lot more convenient if you could rotate the pics and put them right side up. It looks like you've captured a good bit of the luster, at least on the reverse anyways. The best thing I can tell you about that is trial and error are your friends. I use three lights, and just move them around until I get the look I want. As I've become more and more familiar with different series, I generally have a pretty good idea where the lights should be for that coin. Your problem is focus. Are you shooting handheld? Try getting a tripod - a cheap one at walmart or best buy shouldn't be any more than $10.
Yeah, I really stink at taking pictures I suspect my tremoring hands are the problem. I really need to get a tripod or try shooting with the camera firmly on a table and with the coin rigged upright (like some posters have suggested). It's MS-66. My dealer tried to sticker it before he sold it to me but it didn't earn one. I know the sticker is just another grading opinion, though.
Louielot, I justly feel like I have egg on my face, but when I went to try taking better pics including the label, I was shocked to realize that I erred in calling my Connecticut an MS-66 when it is in fact only a regular MS-65 This will sound like the lamest excuse, but I must have confused it with two other early commemoratives that I recently bought (a Lynchburg and a Columbia, SC) which both actually are graded MS-66. I am sorry for piquing your interest when it was not warranted. Richard
Thanks, Louielot. I think these are a little better. I took them with the camera resting on a flat surface.
This appears to be plastic. In Germany we do not buy plastic unless i notgeld. I am afraid that all Amerikan coins are molded in gold silver unt copper since this is plastic it can't be a coin
'This appears to be plastic. In Germany we do not buy plastic unless i notgeld. I am afraid that all Amerikan coins are molded in gold silver unt copper since this is plastic it can't be a coin ' Wenn Sie Ihre Sammlung verkaufen mussen, finden Sie leider vielleicht heraus, daS sie wertlos ist Manchmal ist Plastik gut
