For completeness: George Selgin's book is called "Good Money", with subtitle "Birmingham Button Makers, the Royal Mint, and the Beginnings of...
Bummer. I love his site for the information -- but the place would be a gold mine if he'd post your high quality images. :)
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Whatever happened to this project? The images on the website still leave much to be desired. I love that website for all of the history and...
I picked up a more difficult of the Heraldic Art Medals with a horse -- A lovely example of a "special occasion" piece. In addition to the 60 main...
PCGS used the edge viewable holders on coins as early as 2007/2008, but it was restricted almost entirely to the Presidential Dollar and Native...
I think a patent is out of the question. These types of images have been around as long as animated GIFs have been around. I experimented with...
Cool Greg. I saw messydesk do something like this about 2 years ago. He had best luck just changing the lights, and leaving the coins sitting...
Well, here she is with her grade in an OGH from PCGS. [IMG]
Below is a nice set of "replica" coins issued by the Polish Mint in 2006 in the design, size, and denominations for which the original Madeyski...
:) No worries. I thought you were being snarky. Thanks for your reply. Your intended guess of 65 is much closer to the TPG assigned grade (that...
Doug if you think this coin is AU55 then you need help.
I guess you're living up to your name, eh? Or are you just grading in the new and fashionable Doug grading system? ;)
Today was my first time to the MOON Show in the Minneapolis, MN area. I went with no particular idea of what to expect, but after my normal...
I'm almost embarrassed to post images I took prior to January 2012 when I moved to my current set-up.
It's spelled Canon -- not Cannon. And, I know many people who shoot Canon -- myself, Robec, rmpsrpms, and Phil Arnold at PCGS included. ;) To...
Spend more time at the library or borrowing books from the ANA library. Reading about coins can be almost as good as holding them in your hands....
This improvement is pretty dramatic... October 2011 [IMG] December 2012 [IMG]
August 2011 [IMG] April 2013 [IMG]
You don't even need a $500 camera to take good images of coins.
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