#1 seems like it shows the surface better.
I just shot 20 coins and I'm not happy with any of them! Well, this one is ok but because of it's shape you can see part of what I use to take the...
Sorry about the pants and happy CoinTalk birthday! Interesting coins, hope you disinfected after handling them ;) I agree about Supporting the...
Next up I took some pictures from my Alaska bases that remained to be photographed. I believe all of these were from the same retiring collector....
I'm on standby all night so I'm working on token photos! (Standby sucks because I'm covering two shifts but...whatever. I'm getting paid pretty...
For this issue there is a 25 cent, 32mm, scalloped. There are also restrikes that are uniface in 19 & 24mm round tokens.
Ya, I thought the March tokens were nice too. I like how the inner field is textured. Whoever was selling them (eBay) didn't know what they had...
Ya, that's a part of why I left U.S. With my tokens I rarely if ever grade them, and then it's always AU, MS, EF, etc. with damage noted.
Black and white is easy for me. Marked/stamped/graffitied is damage. Doesn't matter who did it or why. I don't think it's remotely necessary to...
This is an old thread, but go check out the directory at the top of the screen.
I agree with what you're saying. A limitation of the Sheldon scale/ANA scale. Guess if enough collectors want MS65s with something stamped in it,...
Guess what the market wants the market gets. Me, I would consider the coin damaged, however my countermarks are collected for the mark and the...
I would think,for grading purposes using the Sheldon scale, a chop mark or counterstamp/counterpart should "details" a coin and make it...
Well I got some more photos taken this morning that I would like to share: [ATTACH] CA600a, brass, 23mm. March Field 1918-1947. [ATTACH]...
That reverse margin legend is great! "Even if they abhor it"
Congratulations! Girl or boy?
New favorite song and coin! I haven't shared either yet so... [MEDIA] [ATTACH] It has doors!
Well done!
Ugh, it's bedtime. I just photo'd 14 coins and I didn't like any of the pictures. Well, better luck tomorrow! I've got some cool Vietnam,...
I know everyone here has just been jonesing for some more military trade tokens and I have a couple for you this evening! First, big thanks to...
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