This question is one with no good answer. Rarity means nothing without demand or interest in the coin. There may be 100 EID MAR denarii but...
If the camera has a self timer, use it to allow the vibrations to settle down before the shutter opens.
Excellent support. Not all cameras would sit on that and be parallel to the coin below. Did you have to select books with this in mind? The...
Elagabalus, star in right field, SACERD DEI SOLI ELAGAB [ATTACH] Next: Another coin that uses the emperor's 'nickname' on the coin
Sometimes what this venue needs is a good thread killer. I do wish our interests in Septimius Severus overlapped a bit better. You prefer IMP...
Canon cameras come packaged with free 'EOS Utility' software for this purpose. They also say the camera can be operated remotely with a...
Photographing slabbed coins is something I will never learn to do. Photographing modern coins is very little more familiar to me. The walking...
I will never admit to telling people to “BUY ONE,BUY ONE” of these. I can not see having just one. "BUY ANOTHER!" There are three major...
If there were many ancients collectors active in every small part of the world, the supply would not allow poor people like me to participate....
I continue to believe that wood is better at dampening vibrations than metal and that gear racks are not necessary for coin photos. My current...
Tip them in Italian/Greek restaurants but leave some 'real' dollars. too.
As coins from 'Emesa' go, this is a common one. I currently have about 20 from the days I was hoping to work on a die study. There are way too...
Some coins are so far gone that they are best used to win a contest at school for who brings in the oldest thing. The secret is finding the...
This is a lie told by coin dealers too lazy or stupid to handle coins that are different from their usual material. Why bother with ancients if...
Alexander the Great AR obol [ATTACH] Next: another tiny silver coin that is more commonly seen as a tetradrachm
Obviously there is more than one way to look at the matter. You can say a image is only required to be good enough to tell what it was or you can...
Anyone? Did you say anyone? I find the coin perfectly acceptable and would love to add it to my collection which has gone on for over 50 years...
Finn states well the situation. Worse, perhaps is the fact that giving ten coins of a type to ten collectors asked to place them in order of...
I would find this site a great deal more worthwhile if the distinction between real and fake coins were made more clear and include comments on...
Tomis, Severan period, AE16, KTICTHC TOMOC Founder / grapes TOMOC [ATTACH] Next: A coin you have never seen posted on CT before
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