Here's something different for this advanced coin photography thread. The year of the snake. A composite of bullion coins and snake skin. It's...
In the world of photography, there is an endless variety of lighting scenarios. The world's dynamic range is far broader than any camera system...
Me too. Mine's outside of Toronto. Where's yours?
I had the pleasure of shooting this one a few years back, but I'm pretty sure it's way out of my price range. I sure enjoyed having it in the...
Why wouldn't you shoot raw? I don't know... Remember the days of one-hour photos? You took your shots to the lab, and they processed them...
If you've read this far, you've already seen my basic lighting setup. That was a couple of years ago, and naturally, thousands of coins later, my...
Something a little bit older... a well worn Roman Empire legionary Marc Antony as Triumvir & Imperator silver denarius from 32-31 BCE. The galley...
This one's self explanatory. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Every ship looks better in the water. [ATTACH]
I want this coin. You can never have too many coins to love. [ATTACH]
Dangnabbit, I got ta get me one of them there thangs...
Here's a set of all for our of them, packaged for the 1984 Olympic Games. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Very cool.. Where did you get that made?
And a Carson City Morgan I shot last week. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Berlin (A mint mark) is home to this 1930 3 Reichsmark coin, celebrating the 1929 flight of the Graf Zeppelin, shown circling the globe. This...
I have one of those. I like Canadian pre-confederation tokens. This is the Habitant token, showing a classic image of a French-Canadian farmer in...
I picked up something over the summer from a 1984 Canadian Numismatic Association convention in Hamilton. It was in near perfect condition. [ATTACH]
Me too. At first, I thought it was some scrap silver coin (though it didn't look scrap) used to test different punches. It seemed so haphazard....
ok.. thank you very much. I didn't have to look very far to find this; Starting in the 18th century, several European, American, and Japanese...
An 1803-FT Silver 8 Reales, minted at Casa de Moneda de México, Mexico City, Mexico. This is more than just several countermarks. Looks like a...
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