It's more worn than mine but simultaneously is overall more attractive than my example.
Ok, once I get lunch done, I'll work on the photographed version.
[ATTACH] I'm still experimenting with my coin photography, so plese don't be too harsh. Frustratingly, the note 20 Ultra had trouble focusing on...
The scanner is probably from the 2012-14 era, a hand-me-down from my folks. It's great for scanning docs, just not coins. Scanner test on...
[ATTACH] Attempt #2. (scan at 1200 dpi, resized). The coin is glossier in person, but still equally ugly. This was one of the rare times that...
Thanks for the tips. The backing on the scanner is white, and I had to prop the lid open, as not to squish the stone. The scanner is fine for...
I tackled the easier one first, the signet stamp. It wasn't until the final edit that I realized that the signet part was probably upside down,...
I went to crop one down, but am stuck at the what size do I make it stage? At this point, I'm not putting in a tremendous amount of effort, as...
I never did the ancestry.com thing, but my grandmother was heavily into genealogy. I'm related to Revolutionary War and Civil War generals (Lee)...
Ah, but one factor which I forgot; my DSLR allows me to photograph in raw mode, which is much more editable than jpg. I stupidly didn't do my...
Well, I guess it isn't Didia Clara. My photograph came out hideously (still struggling to edit the raws). Corroded coins are really hard to...
Still having my morning coffee, which got delayed. I still have to slog through the raw pictures and struggle to get obverse and reverse to a...
That's cool. I did come across an orange Gordian III, presumably a Balkan provincial, while flipping through coins. Still working on coin...
I just freestyled.
Ah, I'll check it out. The lack of a workspace is also a problem. I don't live in a small place, but there's nowhere really to set up a...
Are there any in the midwest? And tiptoeing around verboten subjects, but it's necessary to ask; do all require a certain medication? With the...
And it's really time-consuming. I woke up at 11-something, and after flipping through some coins, looking for something, and photography...
While surfing through some coin dealers last night, I did notice the faux desert patinas from a couple of vcoins dealers. What percentage of...
While flipping through some coins to see if I had a certain coin, I took a couple out to try and photograph or scan. I ended up taking out more....
Drat, I forgot about Tiber patina. Question; were all legit 'Tiber' patinas coins found in various rivers? All of Octavius' coins are splendid....
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