Post your under $50.00 purchase...

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  1. Larry E

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  3. Pickin and Grinin

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  4. Paddy54

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    You did very well.....I would of pulled the trigger myself for that price!
     
  5. RonSanderson

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  6. Pickin and Grinin

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    The dark perimeter turns to a nice blue when turned in the light.
     
  7. RonSanderson

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    $12. I have some blast-white gems but this gets high marks for a more subdued presentation with lots of personality. The hint of colors around the date adds to the richness. Thanks @C-B-D.
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  8. George McClellan

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    My first movin' pitchers on CT! Wow!
     
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  11. George McClellan

    George McClellan Active Member

    Been so long since I've seen a '44 nickel...
     
  12. RonSanderson

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    I seem to have a sudden affection for Mercury dimes. They don't have to be perfect, so I can be quite happy with these four for $35, courtesy of my LCS.

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  13. Nathan401

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  14. jtlee321

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    Picked these up yesterday..

    1878-S Morgan Dollar VAM-36b "Dragon Scales" with die break at E, $45.00. I've been looking for a "Dragon Scales" VAM for a while now.

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    And this stunning 1960 Washington Quarter, $5.00.

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  15. Eduard

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    The 3 cent piece was about $25. May have been cleaned, though as it is a bit light in color.

    The 1886 Nickel I think I paid about 20$, (give or take).

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  16. Mark Metzger

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  17. Omegaraptor

    Omegaraptor Gobrecht/Longacre Enthusiast

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    Thanksgiving El Cheapo buy. Seller’s pics. Original price was $40, I sent a $33 offer and the seller accepted.

    I compared it to a PCGS VF20 and it looks almost the same, the VF20 only slightly better.

    The intent was to flip it, but if I can sell any of my other cherrypicks I might just keep this.
     
  18. CREATIVECRHUNTER

    CREATIVECRHUNTER Well-Known Member

    Will you, or someone else, please explain how you make the beautiful moving pictures? Thank you.
    Have a wonderful holiday weekend! : )
     
  19. richfo3

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    £25 absolute steal 1909.Halfcrown.obverse.jpg 1909.Halfcrown.reverse.jpg
     
  20. CircCam

    CircCam Victory

    Great find, that’s a steal.
     
  21. RonSanderson

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    Absolutely! Animation and Coin Photography should get you started. The post in Post your coin photography set-up shows my camera setup.

    The thread starts with some early attempts, and the process improves with suggestions from other members and improvements with the process.

    In short, I put my camera stand on a turntable and light the coin with two or three lights from above. I focus on the coin, tweak the position of the lights, and adjust the exposure to suit. Then I take a picture, rotate the camera+coin platform a bit, and repeat for 9 photos. The relationship between the camera and coin never changes - just the rotational position under the lights. I flip the coin over and take nine of the back.

    Then I do some pretty straightforward editing.
    1. Rotate one image so it's straight.
    2. Crop it so the coin is framed.
    3. Replace the background with black.
    4. Resize to a size you like. I use 800x800 pixels.
    5. Do exactly the same for the other 8, since they all have the same position to the camera, same lights, and same exposure.
    6. Do steps 1-5 for the reverse.
    7. Join image 1 of the obverse and image 1 of the reverse to make a 800x1600 image. The obverse and reverse can be side-by-side or above and below. You can find examples of both that I have posted.
    8. Repeat with the pairs of images 2-9.
    9. Feed the 9 images to a GIF animation tool. Each frame is shown for about .12 seconds. Show the frames in the order 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1, and set the animation to loop forever.
    This simulates moving the coin back and forth under a light, taking a little more than a second to rock it one way, and a second to rock it back.

    The suggested thread is only a couple of pages.

    Of course, if you have questions, feel free to ask.
     
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