Wow!! Thanks for the fantastic pictures, Cucumbor!
Wow... thanks, @medoraman! I try to bring some humor (with a touch of numismatic information :D) to the board :)
Charles... I'm begging you: please buy a camera! These scans are always awful.
I'll probably get one too at some point. Just one, to show the range of coin types and techniques. One with some animals, like yours :D
They are interesting, to the extent that all ancient coins are at least somewhat interesting, but I have trouble getting past the fact that these...
Many good points are raised here. Depending on the circumstance and coin, I can tolerate some smoothing. I've even bought a tooled coin or two...
It all worked out in the end!! Congratulations on winning it a a great price :)!
Neato!! That's a very fun example of a common but desirable type. Bonus: extra elephant head on the obverse :D [ATTACH]
It's a Slavey forgery :( [IMG] http://counterfeitcoins.reidgold.com/slavey.html
Okay, I'll post mine. Initially I thought the JB asked us to post any of the types of coins specified if they cost less than $30, so I didn't...
I agree that coins look best, and most impressive, when displayed in an Abafil or NomosAG case without any tags at all. Of those, I prefer the...
But it is a very good image :)
I keep a database (FileMaker Pro) but also try to put as much information as possible on the flip. Business cards with vanity logo, trimmed and...
Both of the Aurelian shots are a bit too dark. It is difficult to adequate light the coin without having glare or bright spots. Sometimes I give...
Of your recent trials, I like the third one best (one lamp with paper, less background light).
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Wow!!
Here's a larger image of your fabulous new coin, ancientnut :) Beautiful portrait! [IMG]
Good luck with learning German! I've typed various German coin book/catalog items into Google Translate and it rarely does a good job....
A wonderful type, one I'd like to have!
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