If you venture deeper than the first page on the search results you will find lots of threads: http://www.cointalk.com/t223762/...
Use the search function here and look for the phrase "coin photography". You will find lots of threads related to this topic with all kinds of tips.
A Conder Token in a condition you don't see every day. I'm very happy with this one in hand! Lancashire - Rochdale, D&H 149 -- graded NGC...
Picked this one up, it arrived today! Lancashire-Rochdale, D&H 149 -- Graded NGC MS66RB [ATTACH][ATTACH]
The coin you posted in an NGC AU55 holder is still a nice deal at $325 in my opinion. It's a very attractive problem-free piece.
So, do tell, is it slabbed/certified? I'm always leery of purchasing 8R raw from pictures. They are heavily counterfeited.
Somewhere from AU58 to MS62. Anything more exact than that is really hard to tell from pictures. I don't see any obvious rub, so I'd probably...
In my opinion, of particular beauty are the coins from Italy, France, and Poland. Depending on your definition of "older" you will be hard...
Two more new arrivals. [ATTACH][ATTACH]
I have a few oddly shaped coins in my collection, but this is my first oval shaped one. [ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH]
Too bad yours isn't the right flavor of Kool-aid.
Roman, an absolutely stunning coin! Fantastic surfaces and great strike! :thumb:
Obv looks pretty rough, I went with 64.
I think the pictures make them both look worse than they do in hand. I'll say MS65 for both of them. :scratch:
Here is one of Muybridge's series of pictures animated: [IMG]
Greg, I thought you were giving them my address for that one? :cool: When she has had a couple weeks to rest at your place, send her on over to...
Some of you may have seen this one on the toned coin thread. Here she is in all of her glory (larger pics than there). [ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH]
Mexico, 1 Centavo, 1913. :) Nice blue toning, and quite lustrous.
From our neighbors to the south. [ATTACH]
Another So-called dollar that I thought was pretty attractive: [ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH]
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