I actually bought a professional quality photo setup a few years ago, and while it had everything one would need, I found it too bewilderingly...
I worked on such a set for a while, back in my old flatbed scanner imaging days. The images still came out reasonably well. I do like a "crusty"...
This thread was recommended to be a Featured article, and I would have done the honors, but I note that there are some copyright watermarks in the...
Thank you. Yes, the correct spelling is "nickel", not "nickle", and @paddyman98 steered you right.
The quarter on the left indeed appears to have been plated (chromed- in other words, altered outside the mint, and not a proof). It is worth face...
There were two other halves- an 1895 Barber and an early Walker. Also ten bux a pop. Haven't (successfully) photographed the other two yet.
Thanks. I've become ever more attentive to (and/or critical of) coin photography in recent years- particularly my own. It's a learning curve thing.
OK, nobody nailed it exactly. But some came close, and @Kasia was very close and is thus the winner of the "booby prize". Congratulations,...
Guess you didn't see Rolls 2 and 3. ;)
The photos, while adequate, still weren't perfect. The shadow of the corner of my cellphone hangs over the lower left quadrant. But one thing...
Roll #5 was, as mentioned, all clad coins. Again, one can't expect a silver lining every time. Would have been nice, but hey, this is a reality...
I still have some of them, but the lot got mixed back together and I spent three rolls yesterday. I could have reshot the edge picture easily...
One hint, since I mistakenly deleted the "edges" photo of Roll 5. I will mention that all of the edges of those coins had a uniform coloration,...
I was briefly a CIT (counselor in training) at YMCA Camp Hope in NC, one summer in my youth. :) OK, there's ten replies since Roll 4 was...
I see a circulated modern cent with some gunk on it? o_O
There are plenty of people like that in the world, and I daresay they're a silent majority. You just wouldn't know they're out there if you watch...
Low- to mid-$100s USD. I forget now. Not too much above my cost, if at all. But I was pricing stuff for quick sale back in March, since I...
The 1800s were a bit more than 300 years after the Dark Ages. More like 800+. But yes, you're right. Times were very different. Even most poor...
10+ individual replies after Roll 4, before the Roll 5 results are posted and the final counts are tallied. Until then, anyone can come in.
Whatever someone will pay for it. That's not a flip answer. Esoteric material like this usually has its price set by auction, and probably...
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