The proof halfpenny looks like it might benefit from a small tilt toward the lights. That may cause some glare problems but if you're careful you...
You've made the incorrect assumption that the Cents were made completely of shellcasings. In reality, only a small amount of casings were added to...
Do you have any evidence to prove this unfounded assertion? There is plenty of evidence supporting the use of shell cases, so unless you have some...
Shellcases were apparently alloyed-in to Cents minted at San Francisco until 1949. I have quite a few examples of 49-S Cents with "shellcase"...
Your first shots are what I call "pseudo-axial" since they show direct reflection from the light off the coin to the camera.
Some proofs struck in 1950 had a satiny appearance, not quite like the satin proofs from '36, but with a unique finish only seen that year. They...
One more question...what was your downsizing ratio? The final images are 1920x1920, but your original size was 6000x4000. What processing did you...
Coinsandmedals...looking at your image again, I think you can improve it a bit by raising the black level to "8". This will push the background to...
The edits look great, and of course you're the only one who can be sure the end result is true to the coin. One more piece of advice...try to...
Actually, I am a student of Ansel Adams (not literally, I never met the man), and pretty much everything I wrote above is consistent with his Zone...
Let me explain the EV reasoning... But first...I recommend using AV mode (Aperture Priority) for coins. This works well for lenses with...
I agree, they are a bit dark. The reason is that my recommended settings are to set EV to -2/3. This forces the shutter speed to be a bit faster...
I've had bubble-wrapped plastic tubes broken in shipment, so I use a small box (6x4x4). Single rolls will generally fall under the First Class...
After advertising my new System-X (see here: https://www.cointalk.com/threads/compact-copy-stand-coin-photo-system-595.351226/ ) I have sold...
They are trying to get a premium for the coins, so having a little mystery adds to the value. What they are saying is technically true, and what...
Late date silver Roosies list for $75, so this is almost 50% premium. That's higher than I would like to pay for generic dates.
I don't know what's done today, but in the era of these rolls, banks did not deal much with loose circulated coins. Remember, machine rolling of...
I have been buying, searching, and collecting OBW rolls for more than 30 years, and I have never seen an OBW roll that was not solid date, not a...
Unless the roll is Tails-Tails you can see the date. These rolls are probably the lowest price generic date / MM roll in the series (64-D?) so bid...
Edited to add: I have added System-X to my webpage, along with some more explanations and details. See it here:...
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