You miss the point, though. With a digital camera, it is impossible to get "natural" as you desire, straight from the camera. The bits require...
That's one amazing coin as well as nicely imaged.
Are you hand-holding the camera? The only odd thing here is that folks wouldn't trade off the lower quality from the higher ISO against a fast...
Great graphic, rmpsrpms. It allows one to easily imagine a coin with mirrored/proof fields, for example, where a light at low angle will reflect...
That same Marianne by JC Chaplain was used on large medals for the 1900 Olympic Games, and can be had for a fair bit less. You'll see a lot more...
I also disagree with the ring flash as a method of choice. To my eye, it produces an image closer to what one would get from a scanner, flattening...
Those are the first 8 digits of pi, I suppose a mathematician or other scientist could come up with a lot of significant constants in their...
One of my favorite designs: [img]
Typically if you enter a class action, you sign away your rights to sue the company directly. It is much easier for the consumer, who doesn't have...
I haven't quite yet received the Elderly User Guide, how/why are notes marked?
No, but their motto "Grade your French coins in France" seems to describe their focus pretty well. Thanks for the link.
There's a watermark there
Taking the term AMC loosely, I will offer: [img] [img]
It's a WWI emergency note - in that condition it's not going to be worth much though.
And given that sheets of them were sold to the public, sometimes those "errors" are done on purpose! :)
Honey bees have for a very long time been symbols of a society that hard work, and often are used on coins, banknotes and any other place you...
Not my images, but these are from an ebay dealer who seems to work on his coins to make them look "nice". The first is his worked up image of the...
A google search turned up these: http://www.ebay.com/itm/French-Art-Nouveau-Religious-Medal-Pendant-Joan-of-Arc-signed-E-DROPSY-/231439472748...
Nice write-up, Doug, you bring up some interesting thoughts.
Here's one of his coins in a pcgs ms64 slab:...
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