The first question you need to answer is, "Are you going to do enough close-up work to merit the cost of the lens?" I have to continually ask...
As with so many set in coin collecting, what you include or exclude is strictly up to you. But I agree, it's annoying to have that hole in your...
I'm not going to try to grade it. I'm just jealous. I don't have a 1790-something coin.
Yep. Two MUST's for coin photography. I use a copy stand, and as an option to the shutter timer I use a remote shutter release. Same idea, just a...
rim's cents brought up a good point that I had forgotten about. The "condition rarity key". Sort of fits the 1909-S VDB case.
Yeh, the 1909-S VDB is a bit of an oddball. It's definitely the key in the lower grades (XF and below). But other coins catch up with it in AU and...
Good starting point. But probably has to be tweaked depending on the series. For example, Standing Liberty Quarters. I see the 1916 as the only...
Searching around Google has shown me that there doesn't seem to be a specific definition of "Keys" and "Semi-keys". One site had only one key...
I don't know how deep your pockets are, but I suspect they'll have to be VERY deep to get the earlier proofs in cameo (deep cameo is almost...
An 1858 VF has a CDN Bid value of $775. If you can get it for at most 20% over that, go for it.
If I HAD to make a choice between only those two, I'd go with the VF. The first coin is a coin with an problem and will ALWAYS be a coin with a...
As I understand it, a "population number" indicates how many of a particular grade exist. Maybe the correct term for my coin is "POP 1" since it's...
I don't think there enough sets out there changing hands to get an accurate price evaluation. Best guess: Look up the individual coins, add their...
Without a look at the edge (3rd side) at this point I'll go with a cud. Nice coin. I'm thinking an XF-40 coin with strike weakness on the banner...
I finished my version of a US typeset a month or so ago. After thinking about what to work on next, I came up with two areas: 1. Early US...
Generally speaking, coin dealers and jewelers are not the best people to sell bullion items to. Bullion dealers are the best (I'm ignoring the...
Remember, eBay generally does NOT search for violations. They respond to items reported by users. No report, no action.
Never enlarge an image. All you'll succeed in doing is causing the pixels to show. Best method is to start with the image larger than you need,...
I have a policy with the ANA affiliated insurer. I don't do legalese very well so I didn't look into that closely. But I compared their...
Pick a catalog value. Below it you'll break a coin out. Above it you won't. My Lincoln album has 4 holes. I have those 4 coins but they are in...
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