That is a beautiful design!
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They do still print catalogs, but certainly they're less useful than they were years ago since you can see the same online.
I guess the point is that you could buy a note in F-VF condition today and be excited about it, but down the road, especially if you continue and...
Let me offer a different direction on the banknote. Paper money is all about condition. An older note in F-VF may look like a crown jewel in your...
Keep in mind that the automatic metering on cameras is set to adjust the exposure assuming the image is an average of 17% gray. So with your...
Agree.... that is one cool coin.
Nice job. I agree on the color, it seems a bit on the cold/blue side. Also I've found that using a very soft touch on sharpening the image helps....
The French one is bronze-aluminum, and the French Indo-China ones are copper-nickel, so those are off the list.
Great write-up, thanks!
Wow, thanks for all the details on the nice setup, robec. The microscope stand sounds like an intriguing setup. Are you able with the 75mm and...
I have switched to shooting tethered, for two reasons. First and more importantly I am able to focus from my desktop, with the coin imaged as...
Thanks for bringing this back up. Here's a later modification of the same design that I just picked up: [img] [img]
He was saying *there exists* a version of the 1/2f without "O.Roty". He wasn't saying that you or the OP owns one :) Interestingly my copy of the...
Wow! Congrats!
Here's the French 5f in aluminum, engraved by Lavrillier [img]
Either way, he's got a fantastic experience ahead!
Here you go: [img]
Thanks Chris and Aidan, I appreciate the feedback. Chris I look forward to seeing those sowers. I haven't been able to find nice copies of the...
I haven't been posting my new updates... here are a few: 1853 Napoleon III 1c. At 15mm, this coin is absolutely teeny, folks must have lost them...
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