I use a Micro Nikkor 105mm manual , cost about 100, on a D40 body with a sturdy copy stand. works well for me. [IMG]
[IMG] additional image in flashlight reflector showing edge reeding.
raw from ebay, of course. a variety I didn't have, 1875-s 1/2 micro s. clean fields with patina, about AU 50 but pecky rims. [IMG] [IMG]
I didn't get one when I bought the Fugio. Maybe he only gives them out at shows?
Nice store card! The Fugio I posted above came from none other than David Kahn. Nice timing!
The examples for sale at CRO are high quality, on good planchets, for the most part with full strikes and good centering . They are choice, and...
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Iwould take a look at CRO. http://www.coinraritiesonline.com/ John Agre only sells high quality examples without problems. He has 6 for sale on...
If the luster booms, Icould see that as a 65.
CAn't say with certainty whether it is authentic from those images, but nothing screams fake to me. This may be helpful:...
For the brave few willing to buy raw (not advised if new to the series) here is a thread on spotting fakes....
Here's a CW article with some additional information on trade dollar hub types:...
great coin and nice writeup, Ed!
My favorite coin is this 1795 dollar. I think of how hard it was to work at the first Mint with balky equipment, smoke and fumes, and the annual...
This one I think of as an "evolving CircCam" [IMG] [IMG]
Nice looking example. Love those O-mints. Someone might have removed some gunk from the right obv field but I'm not seeing hairlines.
I'll add that sometimes it is harder to find a really nice coin in a lower circulated grade than in, say, XF or UNC. No motto seated dollars come...
I find that environmental effects, whether chemical or mechanical, can have interesting results when the coin is imaged and enlarged, such that...
The overstrikes just don't interest me very much. I do like some of the issues with his own designs, such as the HTT's, and own a couple.
Thanks Lord M., and you can double that because it's a dollar! (My half, alas, had an old cleaning and won't qualify for this thread)
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