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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Eidolon, post: 4576586, member: 102103&quot;]Day 91:&nbsp; I wasn&#039;t happy with yesterday&#039;s photographs, so I busted it out of the </p><p>package and took some photos bare.&nbsp; As it happened, my local shop had another</p><p>one of the same year in slightly more worn condition for $5, so I picked it up for </p><p>comparison.&nbsp; My conclusions:</p><p><br /></p><p>1)&nbsp; It&#039;s almost not worth bothering photographing billon coins inside packaging.</p><p>The contrast is poor and with the reflection of the clear film, you lose most of the </p><p>detail.&nbsp; Left coin is the same one as yesterday.[ATTACH=full]1133070[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1133071[/ATTACH]</p><p>2)&nbsp; I don&#039;t think the 1840 <a href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces128894.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces128894.html" rel="nofollow">copper version</a> listed on Numista actually exists.&nbsp; There&#039;s </p><p>no mention of it in Krause, and the &quot;copper&quot; and &quot;silver&quot; entries have virtually </p><p>identical size and weight.&nbsp; There seems to be no evidence that Poland switched this</p><p>denomination to copper for one year.&nbsp; These coins can look quite coppery in color </p><p>in room lighting, and more bright and silvery in bight light.&nbsp; I believe my description </p><p>of yesterday&#039;s coin as the copper one is in error, and that both coins are 0.192 billon</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ll try to photograph something new later so today isn&#039;t just a &quot;rerun.&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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