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Canada
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Please let me know what your thoughts are on this coin and let me know what you think it would grade. Forgot to mention, its on a dime planchet.   Edited by darryldarryl
01/28/2013 2:18 pm
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Canada
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 I say MS65 |
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United States
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There sure are a bunch of these "off metal" coins from Canada in the last few weeks.  I think that they are cool!  Edited by oih82w8
01/28/2013 1:05 pm
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Gorgeous. I'm guessing you bought it? Condition to good for roll find.
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 Canada
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I wish I found it in a roll!  |
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Canada
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To bad it wasn't a 2000 P
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Hummmmmmm... very nice wish I had it....
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Canada
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it could be a 2000p, I think too much is not visible to determine
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Canada
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Nice coin! I would say an ms-64
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Tough to grade with that diffuse lighting...
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Canada
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Quick question off the topic. I know what you mean SPP about the diffused lighting look.
I take pics with a 20-200x Digital Microscope camera (Leuchtturn) and I have Pot lighting on the ceiling with a desk lamp (40W soft white bulb)...
What can I do to improve my photos? Do I need a specific type of lightbulb or other lighting?
Any advice is appreciated.
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01/29/2013 10:54 am
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Canada
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My advice is to try to get a shot directly overhead, and still keep the lighting angle as steep as possible. This might be difficult because you might have space limitations with getting the lights close to the microscope. The main issue I see with the current lighting setup is that the coin is angled to both the scope and the lights in such a way that the fields are directly reflecting the light into the camera. This decreases the amount of detail visible in the fields, which may lead to a coin looking better than its actual grade.
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Well, when it comes to higher end mint state coins, "internet grading" basically is a guessing game, based on what you can and cannot see.... obviously the coin is mint state, but if we take your photos for example, are the light, longer marks I see on the cheek and neck on the coin, or the result of reflected light angles? Same goes for the mark I see between the 5 and C of CENTS...
I try to aim for diffuse lighting, but a vertical photograph. Too much light really brings out the imperfections, making coins look worse than they actually are. It gets even worse with encapsulated coins, because even though the focal length is adjusted to the surface of the coin, the surface of the slab (and imperfections therein) are hard to hide...
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Thanks for allowing me to pick at your brains SPP and LaureateBust.
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Diffused or reflected light can work, if the light source is bright enough. Matte surfaces work better than mirror (proof-like, specimen or proof strikes). Here is a photo of one my nickel dollars, business strike, taken vertically, with reflected light. I should state that a friend, who loves photography, used his good camera, tripod and lighting to photography my registry set coins.  "Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert OppenheimerContent of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_USMy eBay store
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