Crime of 1873 by Robert R. Van Ryzin
Databases for ancient coins I found this post on "Databases for ancient coins" interesting and have nominated it accordingly for "CoinTalk Thread...
Great post!
An Overview of the French Colonial Coinage of Cameroon I found this post on "An Overview of the French Colonial Coinage of Cameroon" interesting...
OK, I get it. Thanks!
There appears to be a $25 entrance fee, is that correct? Rather steep. I may try to go Friday.
Good to hear that you were able to get an expert opinion. And that was an interesting comment they made regarding the rarity, I've wondered about...
Would like to go but I am out of town. Have a good one!
An example of why from the Spanish colonial mints: It was found in the 1640's at the Lima mint that the mint workers were lowering the silver...
Its meant to be a Spanish colonial cob, looks like 4 reales, can't tell which mint. But it is most certainly fake. Apparently people find these...
I don't propose to be an expert either. You have the advantage of having the coin in hand to get more direct impressions, so that credits the coin...
Eduard, are you sure about the authenticity of this coin? And do you have a link to the photos of the coin from the Superior sale? The only...
Understanding Counterfeit Detection I found this post on "Understanding Counterfeit Detection" interesting and have nominated it accordingly for...
Very nice, I like the Yemeni riyal. And nicely photographed, the 1934 Balboa came out particularly well.
Great post, Clinker! Small correction to the original post. The country is spelled Colombia, not Columbia. The latter spelling is used for...
I blocked all direct light by placing a black object between the lamp and the coin. No other light was present besides the lamp, so the only...
Diffused Lighting Coin Photography (Capture the Color) I found this post on "Diffused Lighting Coin Photography (Capture the Color)" interesting...
The first two worked out well but the sol color did not work The spotty toning did make that coin too diffcult to improve on.
Last weekend I see that a few CT members experimented with photographing coins. I did as well, I just got tired of my coin photos being so flat....
Nice! The King Fu'ad I piece was minted at the Heaton mint, UK (has the H mintmark).
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