Thanks. I'm glad it's helpful. That all came with upgrading my own insurance to cover more from my American clients and shooting coins at shows.
Hugh Wood handles the RCNA accounts as well. Another reason to be a member.
This post is well timed. I just went through the whole process myself and published a blog about coin insurance. You can read it here:...
Yes, that could be interpreted as a visual inspection, but the reason for sending them is not the problem in that scenario. I'm talking about...
This guide was initially posted on my blog, but I thought it might be helpful here as well.
Various government sites in the US and Canada, but mostly my own experience doing it. Have you had different experiences?
Fortunately, as a coin photographer, it doesn't affect me at all, or my US customers. However, I feel for the Canadian coin dealers selling to the...
Shipping your collectible coins to Canada for photography is more straightforward than you might expect. Unlike many other industries facing...
I've had ChatGPT quote my own comments from CoinTalk in a search for a specific topic. Not helpful for me but it seems CoinTalk is a go-to for AI.
Just wanted to share a cool little token I picked up: a gilt brass Whist counter from around 1850, featuring Queen Victoria on the front. Some of...
Lions and tigers and bears, oh my! Here's some bull... [ATTACH]
1901 Prussian Silver 2 Marks. Uncertified and ungraded. Lovely colours. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
This 1900 Rupee came into the studio a few weeks ago. It sold the same day it was listed. Uncertified and ungraded, it sold for $59.00 CDN. It's...
A tetradrachm of Kassander minted at Uranopolis. 300–295 BCE, posthumous issue. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I have the original AJN article as well, but I have had no luck there. I have about 10 articles about this plate. One, I don't have; Levick kept a...
Thanks for the info. I have a copy of this article, but it's about the individual obverse and reverse test plates Levick made, not the final...
Does anyone know the dimensions of the Levick Plate? It was a direct print-to-page negative, so I'd like to find out how big the negative was to...
Thanks for the link. I hadn't seen that compilation before. Unfortunately, it doesn't touch on hand-colouring any of those early prints. My...
The first coin photo was taken in 1849; like all photos of the day, it was black and white. I'm looking for a hand-coloured, by which I mean...
Does anyone know of any black-and-white coin prints, taken in the 19th century, that were hand-coloured? Hand-colouring was all the rage in...
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