Welcome to cointalk! I look forward to reading your articles. I’ve subscribed to Coin News for years. Anyone with any interest in British coins...
Medal designed for the Paris Expo of 1900 by Chaplain. Obverse: Depicts the head of Maryanne, France’s Ms. Liberty, in a Phrygian bonnet near a...
Great group! Especially like the 10 centavo, 1996 ASE and 1886 Morgan. Cal
Benedetto Pistrucci’s design of St. George slaying the dragon appeared first on sovereigns minted for George III. His initials, B.P., usually...
Not a dumb question at all. I should have described the coin. It's a full 1898 crown with an elderly Queen Victoria on one side and Pistrucci's...
Really nice coins and photos, Denis. What photography equipment and lighting setup do you use? Cal
It’s always a tough balancing act in comparing sets. How do you weigh completeness against quality? Many sets can be completed with good and...
Recently acquired a French 1928 2-franc piefort (double thick) coin in an auction. Coin has Oscar Roty’s beautiful semeuse (female sower) design....
What's a bookstore? Is it kind of like Amazon but with live people inside? Cal
What a shame and so young. So sorry to hear he died. Cal
Nice article Chris. Enjoyed reading it. Was not aware of these medals before. Cal
Agreed that sometimes engineers and programmers want some random effects … mostly when doing simulations. However, in designing a bridge or...
To give artistic creations (coin dies, statuary, wood carvings, etc.) with final productions made by computer-controlled machines a more...
Prices in guidebooks and online sites do tend to be on the high side. There are some reasons for it. They are projecting into the future to some...
Yup, everything you say is true. It’s easy and cheap to copyright a work. Defending it is a different ballgame. Can still be worthwhile to...
Let us know how it turns out. Cal
Many pic editing programs provide watermarking. For certain file types (jpg, png, tif), it’s possible to add plain text via a feature called...
Although I complain about poor photos from some TPGs, it’s of no concern whatsoever in deciding what TPG to use. Coins can always be...
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I agree completely. Ownership, provenance and value should have no place in grading ... only the coin itself should matter. That $1 coin that...
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