The "opinions" you expressed weren't so much your ideas--as merely negating the informative content of my thread. You didn't try to understand my...
Yeah--that's just it. If you know where to look, you can see that metal has been clearly pushed around--and probably by some kind of power tool....
Perhaps my comment was abrupt, but it was to the point. If you can't see the diagnostics of whizzing in that picture--then you might do well to...
I accounted for the exchange rate too. Here's the Macca's (Aussie catalogue) values from 2010 in US dollars--probably higher now: vg $38 f $63 vf...
Yeah--I'm surprised nobody tried to snipe it--it looks real to me, so that's at least a $50 coin in Australia, I think. :)
This photo is quite diagnostic enough--I don't need to follow through more on my end. Since your remarks don't explain what is shown, I'll let you...
Good luck on that one--hope nobody snipes it (I won't) :)
I also suspect a partially-engaged collar best explains the varying diameter of the nickel--nice error! :D
Thanks for posting those pics! The eroded surfaces look similar to the IHCs I posted above, and that's clearly a bad attempt at re-toning. :hungover:
Metal was moved around by mechanical means--I would be willing to bet that a rotary wire brush did it. The sharply raised edges on the legends and...
I just spotted this on ebay--it presents a textbook case of whizzing/retoning on a bronze coin. The clues are pretty strong on this one--the wire...
The most concerning spot is the dark one of the base of the portrait. I have perhaps a hundred or so old Aussie pennies--those in the 40s which I...
Wow--nice doubling, even I can see that! :D I think I also see evidence of a repunched date?
Nothing jumps out (to me) that raises a red flag. I'm familiar with Aussie grading, and I think this is more aVF--quite a bit of wear on the...
Nice--the DDO is still very prominent in that grade.
While it doesn't look very gray on my monitors, it wasn't shot to bring out color/toning/reflective qualities. It was shot, using a process I...
Thanks! It's not very difficult or time-consuming. The focus-stacking software generates a depth map, which then can be imported into the included...
That's a nice effect--you get a much better sense of relief than from a single picture. Here's something I did a while back--I generated a relief...
Sorry--I did not mean to imply you didn't do that. :) I just was wondering how repunched mintmarks look, and went there for examples...
Wow--great pictures and coins everyone! D It's totally OK to have reservations with my photo technique. :) I don't do it to show off the coin as...
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