Just wanted to share a cool little token I picked up: a gilt brass Whist counter from around 1850, featuring Queen Victoria on the front. Some of...
Does anyone know the dimensions of the Levick Plate? It was a direct print-to-page negative, so I'd like to find out how big the negative was to...
Does anyone know of any black-and-white coin prints, taken in the 19th century, that were hand-coloured? Hand-colouring was all the rage in...
Time to post your coin club medals. I came across this 1965 medal the other day, commemorating the inception of the Richmond Hill Coin Club the...
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...
The newest addition to my collection; a couple of WW1 propaganda medals. The bronze version is pretty common, but the silver in not. I was lucky...
Everyone is familiar with The Money Changer and His Wife- 1514 oil on panel painting by the Flemish renaissance artist Quentin Matsys. It graced...
I'm wondering if anyone has a billion or trillion mark 1923 coin they would like photographed for free? I'd like to capture images of one for an...
Hey everyone, I'm fascinated by the history of numismatic photography and I am looking for any gems of information anyone can provide. Does...
I heard (from an unreliable source) that the earliest known reference/depiction of eyeglasses is actually found in a medieval Italian coin. The...
In coin image editing there are a lot of tasks that are repetitive, and can be made into actions. If you’re only editing one image at a time,...
For those interested, another technique in the numismatic photographer’s tool kit is Bevel and Emboss. This will come in handy on many occasions....
Everyone says they strive to capture the look of a coin as it appears “in hand”, but why? I understand the concept, but in practice it seems like...
Coins are History. Coins are Art. This is an open call to anyone interesting in discussing advanced coin photography. I appreciate the interest...
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