Until they come to a place like this and we tell them the truth. Where do you suppose all those new members thinking their Machine Doubling is...
Note the size of the Componon relative to the camera. These duplicating lenses are only a couple inches in diameter and an inch and a half long or...
Actually, this is about the limit of what it'll frame on the bellows (pulled from my pocket to illustrate, no real attempt at "proper" lighting):...
Vess1, the XTi is one generation short of being able to use the tethering setup - it lacks Live View, which is imperative to real-time viewing. It...
An absolutely_indifferent strike insufficient to erase planchet striations, I think. These were struck in astounding quantity by the Mint - I...
Postprocessing to the extent of cropping and downsizing - both in physical size and filesize (hence the file management reference) - for online...
Thank you. Let's make no mistake, easy isn't happening here unless you find learning and scientific procedure easy. One cannot leverage this...
Looked at another way, incessant minor variations on unimaginative designs. But each to his own. If you disagree with my opinion, just count me as...
I get that, and don't disagree, but the counterfeiter is playing to a demographic (like yourself) which is far less likely to be taken in by a...
I've been known to hold forth occasionally (um, every possible occasion, appropriate or not) on the topic of inexpensive coin photography. The...
Inarguable words, and it occurs to me that if I'm constantly outraged it will never mean anything when I'm outraged. :) In this case, the fact...
I don't know why, but I have a hard time working up anything but admiration for this piece. Talk about entrepreneurial spirit - who else is...
This. In truth, I could see myself focusing on some of the beautiful issues coming from other countries. Belarus, for instance, is doing some...
Were it not just more noise in an already noisy environment, this would be a more interesting coin. The Mint themselves have created the...
Spectacular. VAM-51? It sometimes amazes me at how faithfully polishing lines are reproduced in the strike, when you consider how thin they are.
I wouldn't, for the same reason I wouldn't raise an "S" mint mark on a Philadelphia 1909 VDB Cent. That said, it kind of points out the...
The rate of toning would be governed by the air turnover in the box; the more breaks you give the coin, the more likely it will be to rainbow, but...
The discipline of budget comes easily when one develops the far greater discipline of settling on what you're going to collect. The former is not...
Much as I dislike the idea of altering a coin simply because you don't like what it looks like - as if it'll be yours forever - it's hard to get...
You never hear anyone say, "This Cent has an Overton." Curious, that. :)
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