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<p>[QUOTE="panda, post: 964781, member: 24443"]yes, first things first. do NOT clean any of the coins. not that you said you did or are going too, but many people think it will make them more valuable. in reality it will take your common coin, that may be worth more then melt and turn it into junk melt silver.</p><p><br /></p><p>without seeing pictures it would be hard to give you a price. the peace dollar is probably worth $15-$35. the morgan is probably worth $15-$60. i don't know much about the canadian but with todays price of silver its worth around $10 in silver alone. did you check for mint marks?</p><p><br /></p><p>to get pictures, look for the little flower button on your camera, it may also say macro" or "macr" something along those lines. if you have a tripod use that, either way take the photo a foot or two away and zoom in after its already on the computer. if its a decently sunny day, take the photos outside, not in direct light, but in good light. if not take the photos inside under 1 or 2 desk lamps. also not right under the lamps, get the area nice and lighted, but not directly on the coin. using a white sheet of paper under the coin, will also help. i think thats about it? that should be enough to get decent results. if you wanted to get even better pictures you could use a photoshop program, if you don't have shop you could get the free and easier version called "photoscape". use the brightness features to adjust the photo, sharpen and contrast. but that shouldn't be needed, we should be able to get a good idea with the raw photos, if done decent.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="panda, post: 964781, member: 24443"]yes, first things first. do NOT clean any of the coins. not that you said you did or are going too, but many people think it will make them more valuable. in reality it will take your common coin, that may be worth more then melt and turn it into junk melt silver. without seeing pictures it would be hard to give you a price. the peace dollar is probably worth $15-$35. the morgan is probably worth $15-$60. i don't know much about the canadian but with todays price of silver its worth around $10 in silver alone. did you check for mint marks? to get pictures, look for the little flower button on your camera, it may also say macro" or "macr" something along those lines. if you have a tripod use that, either way take the photo a foot or two away and zoom in after its already on the computer. if its a decently sunny day, take the photos outside, not in direct light, but in good light. if not take the photos inside under 1 or 2 desk lamps. also not right under the lamps, get the area nice and lighted, but not directly on the coin. using a white sheet of paper under the coin, will also help. i think thats about it? that should be enough to get decent results. if you wanted to get even better pictures you could use a photoshop program, if you don't have shop you could get the free and easier version called "photoscape". use the brightness features to adjust the photo, sharpen and contrast. but that shouldn't be needed, we should be able to get a good idea with the raw photos, if done decent.[/QUOTE]
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