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Message:: [QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 2897783, member: 10461"]Summary of changes, November 4, 2017: Here's the new addition.  Until I have a chance to give it a proper writeup, <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-tale-of-two-tomans-help-me-select-my-next-addition-to-the-eclectic-box.303722/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/a-tale-of-two-tomans-help-me-select-my-next-addition-to-the-eclectic-box.303722/">here is the thread I posted about selecting it</a>.  There was initially a poll between two possible contenders and I ended up buying neither of them, but then considered three more examples and selected this one.  Thanks to all who weighed in with their opinions and advice on the selection, even though I know this was a rather esoteric coin for some people (including myself).  But one has to "push the envelope" sometimes, to learn and grow, and I'm happy with this coin.  We'll see how it does at PCGS. Iran (Persia): gold toman of Fath Ali Shah, AH 1233 (1817), Yazd mint<img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/XK8cB2rmTu2FAibex8wQ_Persian_gold.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> Also, here are the results of that last submission to NGC Ancients.  The first four coins are mine as seen above, the next five belong to [USER=88015]@Justinokay[/USER], and the tenth coin belongs to the professional photographer who imaged these for me.  (I paid for the slabbing on his Marcus Aurelius sestertius in exchange for his photography.) <img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/ngc-invoice-4280918-png.692929/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> And last but not least, here are some of the animated GIFs [USER=77413]@RonSanderson[/USER] (who goes by "<a href="https://collectivecoin.com/Animator" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://collectivecoin.com/Animator" rel="nofollow">Animator" on CollectiveCoin</a>) did of my three proof/specimen pieces.  It's wild seeing 'em "dance", isn't it?  The idea here was to show some of the mirroring/cartwheel properties.  He had the added challenge of shooting through the slab plastic when he created these pictures.  <img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/oATgZdGRdCds0W9zbZjS_05c%201806%20PF%20full%2031.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/9xrZGfHvSWm332lpAGGh_01c%201847%20LIberia%20PF%20full%2001.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/FVWGTO0EQ3eUbJGjx3fg_10c%201848%20SP%20full%2001.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> You'll notice that the animation of that last coin (the 1848 French pattern) did not capture the "sweet spot" purplish toning seen in the <a href="https://images.pcgs.com/TrueView/33997478_max.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://images.pcgs.com/TrueView/33997478_max.jpg" rel="nofollow">TrueView</a> images.  But that isn't surprising, since that color only "pops" from a certain angle.  From all other angles, the coin looks as it does in the animation above, so you could say the animation is pretty accurate even if it doesn't show the "glamour shot" aspect.  Even like this, without the purples poppin', you can see that the coin has a pleasant, near-cameo contrast between the fields and devices. [USER=77413]@RonSanderson[/USER] didn't want to charge me, either, claiming he wasn't confident in his own abilities to pull this off.  (But I think they look great, don't you?  He's too modest.)  So I sent him some trifling gift coins instead of payment.  He even refused to let me pay for the painful $30 return shipping and insurance costs, so he's on my "good guys" list for sure.  I'm sending him a couple more modest baubles even though he didn't ask me to, but I still consider myself in his debt.  (Watch your mailbox, Ron ... but I still "owe you one"!) <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]

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