I'll address this end, since Doug said all that's needed on the main subject. Set the iPhone on a solid base, pointed straight down at the coin....
Backburnered in favor of higher momentary priorities (like the last project I backburnered for this one, and other shiny objects to shoot. :P )....
Later, like after Dahlonega closed. :)
Then I'll consider installing it. :)
I laughed right out loud. Stuff like a retained cud is all but impossible to find on later gold, is it not?
Integrate it with the barcode, and I'll consider installing it.
It's a nice coin with prominent doubling. In whose opinion is it undergraded, and why did the TPG undergrade it? :) 1878-S is an under-$100 coin...
Ooooh. Nice pickup. :D
Although it's quite possible for silver to develop verdigris - and happens all the time - as a generality if I see something green on silver which...
Well, the first stop is the top right of the shield, where both a weak strike and early wear appear. Neither are pronounced in this image - in an...
Every raw coin I acquire gets an acetone soak.
Yeah, and Lincolns have me all wrapped around the axle trying to come up with sufficient contrast.
Not happening, but I *might* trade it for the right 1858 Canadian Large Cent. It'd have to be a nice one. :) OTOH, I'm contemplating a 1910-S RB...
The toning process reaching its' completion. It is the inevitable end of the process unless arrested by removing the coin from the sulfur-laden...
I don't want to seem argumentative, but Dougmeister's advice is completely accurate, despite conflicting opinion. This image is from member...
It's a subtle difference, but plain nonetheless. You're right, of course. :) Caveat: I need to trim the shield to fit within the slab (it's not...
As long as you don't mind looking at everything on the monitor instead of "bare-eyed," you could pretty much duplicate my entire imaging system...
Keep in mind, this was a different world back then. One where the new conqueror of your people said, "Turn their coins in and use ours, at the...
I've yet to see a "BIN from Owner" at Heritage that wasn't ludicrously overpriced, like you can see the auction record says the owner paid $775...
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