I don't have a specific answer on this one. Your first photos appeared to have a light very low, on virtually the same plane as the coin. That was...
These are really looking nice... and in focus/no shake helps :) My only possible gripe is the lighting is flat, no highlights. I'm usually not...
The french one at top left is the most exciting to me. It's a beautiful note, but unfortunately its condition it pretty bad. All of them look to...
I watched the "art of banknote design" this morning (thanks for reviving this thread!). It was a bit disappointing. Not much talk of "art", mostly...
Many of the Banque de l'Indochine notes were printed in France actually. I collect them, and certainly many others do as well. I wouldn't consider...
The first problem with that image is that its underexposed, at least a stop. Then the light seems to be coming from very low (low to the table) at...
I would not agree with whoever "they" are, in this case. If the writing is TDLR notations as part of the approvals and what-not for this note,...
Presumably that's all writing relating to approval of colors etc on the note. At least that's what I'd hope for, and it would be interesting if...
"Cuivre" is french for Copper. But I have no idea what the bat is about. Maybe the 50th anniversary of Batman. Dave
Quite a neat find, funkee! It'll be interesting to see in the coming years where this variety ends up on a rarity scale. Dave
That's quite the interesting piece, salty. There's a technique called "focus stacking" that you might try out if you want to get something fully...
Just now the postman stopped off with this note, French Afars & Issas P34. It's hard to find, and on top of it this one spent the last three...
Great info Lettow, and nice to see all this info consolidate in one clear post. Dave
Here's another Chaplain medal to whet your appetite. This one was given for military service, but shows the French National Assembly. [IMG]...
Sucking more money out of collectors, it seems to me. They've caught on that a large segment of the community buys the holder, not the note, and...
Putting them all together like that makes a fantastic display. You could sell posters of that frame :) Dave
I would expect one of those presets would be for normal incandescent/tungsten light - did you try it? What model camera is this? Dave
Nope Dave
These presses used for printing banknotes leave both raised areas of ink and indentations below the surface of a banknote. This is called...
Ah, thanks much Clorox! Dave
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