Are there any Large Cent collectors here?

< Large Cents have a small collector base, there just isn't enough coins for collectors to collect. >

There aren't enough coins available for a small base of collectors. ???

I understand where you are coming from, but the problem is the collector base is too LARGE for the available coins, not that it is small. The collector base is large enough that even ugly low grade problem coins are expensive, especially if they are scarce or rare varieties. And for problem free coins, when you are talking about early dates too large is a collector base of about ten.

 

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Small amount of coins and too many people collecting them at the base (HOWS THAT) just too many ugly coins too

 

Yes!

 

Now that coin is wounderfull!!!Absolutely wounderfull!!!

 

A real beauty, your pictures are the very best I have ever seen. Please tell me how on earth you did it. GREAT

 

Heck! I cant even post a simple photo on this sight!! no problems on others, just this one!!

 

+1 she's a beauty. Mine are generally darker and have more wear. But I do like 'em so.

 

Thank you for your kind words. This coin is one of my favorites, too.

As for how I did it. Here's a few tips.

#1 get a digital SLR -- I use a Nikon D100, but just about any Nikon or Canon digital SLR will work equally well.
#2 get a good Macro lens -- I use a Nikon 60mm and 70-200 mm w/Canon 500D closeup lens. The key is to get a dedicated Macro lens and use it stopped down (i.e. large F-stop) to maximize the depth of focus and sharpness.
#3 get a good tripod/head or copy stand -- it needs to be rock steady and able to dampen the shutter induced shake in the camera.
#4 get lots of lights and experiment -- I bought 4 cheap Home Depot reflectors and 75W Reveal Bulbs. Experiment with light placement as different coins require different lighting to look their best.
#5 get a grey card and use custom white balance -- this is key to making the colors accurate
#6 use the shutter timer or get a remote shutter release. Remember camera shake is the bane of sharp images.
#7 shoot "RAW" and use a RAW editor (for Nikon it is Capture).
#8 learn proper exposure

Dark copper is particularly difficult to image -- the key to bringing out the details entails, in this particular case, using 4 lights at different positions, generally "low" (i.e. closer to parallel with the coin rather than perpendicular). You want each light to "light up" particular details of the coin.

Here are bigger shots of the same coin:





Have fun...Mike

 

???? Something doesn't make sense with that 1802. It appears to have a raised flat border around the edge of the coin with rounded denticals inside that border. That border style was not used until 1836 and definitely was not used on 1802 S-239. Is this picture possibly cropped showing the edge of a holder around the coin? (It doesn't look like that is so.) If not then that coin is a fake. Does it have a rounded edge or a flat square edge?

 

If you were to include collectors of large "Not One Cent" pieces, I have hundreds of those.

 

Leadfoot, any response to my questions about the 1802?

 

Yes

Yes I am trying to do from 1816 to 1857 with as many varieties as possible.
I have 20 at this time, a LONG way to go since actively collecting is a winter thing for me.
With Large Cents I can feel the history in my hands.

Tony

 

I don't own many but here is the last one I bought with the price I paid.
I think I bought it at a good price.​

 

Here is one....I know I don't have photos of both sides but anybody want to guess the grade....

Speedy

 

I'll guess XF.

 

Around EF-40. B12

 

I may get shot but here goes... I'll say MS63 R&B

 

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I would go with ms 62-63, what a beautifull coin,

 

Beautiful Coins...you hit it on the head...MS63...

Speedy