Powered Flight Sets

Hey Coin Chaser, congratulations on getting such a nice gift. Whoever gave them to you must really like you!

Unfortunately there are only two 10 coin sets in the Aviation Series of coins, but there is a Transportation Series that has 12 coins (no 12 coin display case that I'm aware of).

Here are pics of my sets (I've also got all the individual cases that the Aviation coins came in).

Aviation Series I



Aviation Series II



Transportation Series

My pleasure canadian_coins.

The Transportation Series is very nice set, almost as nice as the Aviation Series......:) I'm partial to the ships in this series.

I've always been a little miffed that the Mint didn't offer a 12 coin display case like the ones for the Aviation coins.

Sorry to hear your friend passed away Coin Chaser. As I said earlier, he and his wife must have considered you a very good friend to pass those coins on to you.

As for the Transportation Series, most of the coins go for between $60-$90 but the Bluenose (1st coin in the middle row) is about $200 if you can find it.

Hey canadian_coins, I may have asked you this before, but my memory isn't what it used to be so I'm going to ask again. Do you scan all coins pics you post yourself, and if you do what equipment do you use?

Every time I've tried to scan a coin on my Dell 962 it comes out looking like crap regardless of what settings or resolution I use.

Yep, I do all the work myself.

Actually, for those pictures I posted here I used (and still use) my HP 618 digital camera that's been obsolete for maybe 8 years now? I think it has 2 mega pixels. I would love to own a SLR.

But the key is, that I remove the capsule (with gloves & care...) and take LOTS and LOTS of shots. Then, take some more. I always use a tripod, play with indirect lighting, angles, and contrasting backgrounds. I never use the flash.

For a scanner, I use the cannon 5600F that is VERY good for scanning objects with relief - like coins. Make sure the platen is super clean.

Then there is post processing for contrast, color balance and saturation (gold and copper coins always need a bit of saturation I think). For post processing I use GIMP - its free and does all I want.

Wow, I looked up the sony 10 MP and that's an impressive camera. I really don't know what I should buy... I mean even if I had that many MP I would still have to reduce down to 800x800 but I suppose the image would be sharper. Tempting.

Since I also am trying to learn taking photos of coins it is interesting to me. I am getting more info here than on the photo forum. Thanks for the info.

That is great picture canadian_coins, thanks for sharing

And thanks for the link to your gallery. I hope you don't mind but I've downloaded a few of you pics to give myself a reference point of what to shoot for in my own coin pictures.