Look at what came in the mail today! Along with a 1946 Walking Liberty Half dollar, a 1902 Liberty nickel, a 1857 Colombian one peso, an 1887 Nicaragua 5 cent piece, and a Jas Rolando of Bingham Utah 5 cent trade coin. What do you think about the 1925?
Jean almost bought one a couple of weeks ago , really like the design , it's definately on my short list , nice coin , how bout some pics of the others . rzage
1946 s Walking Liberty Half This half isn't super rare, but it is the nicest one in my tiny collection. jk
The Utah Trade Nickel This is a Jas Rolando 'Good for trade' 5 cent piece in Bingham Utah. I have checked all I can find on the internet but can find no mention of this trade coin, or maybe token. I have no idea when it was minted. Definitely looks like copper, and has a lot of corrosion. I should post the other coins on the World Coin forum, so take a look there. jk
It's a "Good For" token but it's not listed in my token books by Rulau. My guess is it is from the 1890s, possibly earlier. There are two "Good For" tokens listed for Bingham, Utah: Bringhurst & Co. - Good For 12 1/2 CENTS The Butte Saloon - Good For 12 1/2 CENTS
Thanks Hobo. I don't presently collect tokens, but I seem to wind up with them anyway. I suppose I would need to do some genealogy type searching to pin it down. Definitely will get back to you if I find anything helpful. Oh, do you collect all kinds of tokens, or just the metal ones? jeankay
I'm not that much into tokens but I have a few, mostly Colorado. I collect Shield Nickels and one thing I really like about them is the 5 on the reverse. The 5 on many "GOOD FOR 5 CENTS" tokens is similar (if not the same) and I find that attractive. Of the tokens I have they are mostly metal with a few plastic and a very few paper.
Ya know, sometimes those coins / tokens that "nobody knows what the heck they are" turn out to be something big ! I would hold onto that one, no matter what, until you find out what it is.
Nice in any grade Jean , I,ve got a feeling tokens are really going to take off , yours is a beaut . Also the great thing abouy Walkers is they look great in any grade , I'm almost starting to like the circulated ones as much as the MS ones , thanks for sharing . rzage:smile:hatch::hammer:
Jeankay: Could you give me a tip on how to get focused pics that close up? My Kodak Easy Share CX7330 is not giving me good shots.Do you use some sort of photo editing after you get the shot?
My camera is a Canon Powershot SD850 IS Digital Elph, with 8.0 mega pixels, 4x zoom and an optical image stabilizer. All I do is choose the macro mode and turn off the flash, and trying to keep the camera from undue shaking. I do use a natural ott-lite for silver and a low energy bulb for coppers. I do have Paint Shop Pro 7 for cropping, sizing, zooming, and yes, for changing the look of the coin such as a negative appearance to highlight the coin's devices. Other than that I do not use anything special to make the coin look different. My husband showed me how to change the posting size to pixels which give it a better look when I put it on the forum. My camera takes pictures that eat up an incredible amount of disk space and makes the pictures on my monitor enormous. Remembering back to my first real 35mm camera, I know when I used the macro and/ or magification that I had to use a tripod because there was no way I could hold the camera steady enough. Maybe the 10x mode is a bit too sensitive for hand holding the camera. I haven't learned how to use all the features of my Canon... and probably never will. The instructions for it are in two books, a big book and a little book, which at times refer back to each other for instructions. This is more than my very little gray cells can absorb. If possible you might try a lower magnification to see if it helps. A lot of CT'ers have great what I call 'professional' set-ups for taking coin pictures. Maybe they will chime in here and let you know how they handle the pics. jeankay
