Looks like a nice, problem free midgrade example. value.. I have no clue!
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Uh, "found with Grandpa's chemistry set?"
As you know from the thread on my 1799 dollar, I had problems with bright spots in my initial photos. I have 2 cfl's on goosenecks, so I rotated...
Try going to Collectors.com and doing a search.
Very nice looking coins! You might want to move the lights around some on the third coin up from here- the 1880- the highlights are kind of...
I just decided that I had no chance of bidding high enough to win anything, but enjoyed watching the competitive bidding for some of the...
You might want to tune into Stack's Bowers online just to look at some of the spectacular coins in the Pogue collection being sold right now....
Great idea for a thread, and great o.p., Jason. If I were to distill it down to one word,it would be.... patience.
If you are looking for a coin for type that reaches out and grabs you, this one probably isn't it. Since you seem to have nagging doubts which...
Thanks for the kind remarks. yes, I think the redone obv photo approximates the in hand look fairly closely. It has been a long time since I...
Here is version 2 of the obv. I repositioned the lights to be more indirect, which required a doubling of the exposure. [IMG]
Thanks physics-fan, using 2 lights in reflectors, left and right. I'll play around some with the positioning, the hot spots bothered me a bit...
I think it is probably genuine, but the deep dig on the chest area, and the apparently stripped off surfaces, do nothing for me.
That would be correct
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This coin was a raw eBay purchase about 6-7 years ago not long after I started collecting . My first photos were really too dark, so I recently...
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I really like those!
Other than the traditional obv. types, and the transitionals, I don't know of any others. Still waiting for the definitive TD ref book to be...
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