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New Member
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Edited by poor_red_neck
06/21/2012 2:23 pm
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New Member
United States
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Unfortunately I left my DSLR with my folks. They're opening a restaurant so they're photographing the food for the website I'm making.
I'm still experimenting with this old Canon point-n-shoot to get a good picture. It does a good job with macro shots, just need to work on my lighting.
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United States
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52Raymo,
That's a beautiful coin. Did you clean it at all, or was the 2x2 window just dirty?
I've so far not touched the coins. Haven't even wiped them off with a dry cloth. Too paranoid I'm doing something I'm not supposed to.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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No, I didn't even touch the coin with my fingers. The pic is at it was upon freeing it from the old 2x2. I was shocked when I took it out and immediately recognized my first MS Indian. She has since improved her pic taking abilities so no more picking her listings.
Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
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Pillar of the Community
United States
8517 Posts |
Man, I love your coins !
Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I've so far not touched the coins. Haven't even wiped them off with a dry cloth. Too paranoid I'm doing something I'm not supposed to. That's good. Don't clean, wipe, or otherwise try to "improve" your coins. You'll very likely do more harm than good. I don't have the knowledge to help you with these coins, but your pics are quite good. The only thing you might try is a neutral background. Sometimes a colored background with mess with the white balance and skew the color of the coin. |
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United States
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What are the rules about linking to ebay auctions? I thought I read it once when I first joined, but after looking at the Rules and FAQ only thing I can find is about CCF's own marketplace. Disclaimer: I'm not posting this to promote the auction, only to seek feedback on my lack of listing ability :) How's this? I couldn't get the flash to take a picture worth a crap, so I just went outside to snap the pics. http://www.ebay.com/itm/14078088630352Raymo, Thank you! I've never had much interest in coins before, however I'm enjoying the research into all these coins. Here's my story how I received them. I've still got quite a lot to go through. Here's some of it:    Edited by poor_red_neck
06/21/2012 3:47 pm
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Valued Member
United States
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Poor red neck,
I really like what you did with the first coin. The lighting is even, and the background doesn't distract me from the coin. Even if the picture wasn't taken with a DSLR it still looks great and professional.
Try to avoid using photos if there's any glare or shadowing on the coin. I use solid color backgrounds for my listings.
The presentation of your picture and listing description will say a lot about you as a seller and the quality of your items.
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New Member
United States
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Joblll Thank you! I took the first ones with no flash, but I can't hold my hands steady enough to get it nice and crisp. I'll rig-up some kind of stand to hold the camera still. Gives me an excuse to fire up the welder and make something,  I updated my previous post.... I linked to my first "test" auction. Again, not sure if I can send ebay links yet, but I'm just seeking opinions on the listing, not promoting the listing. http://www.ebay.com/itm/140780886303How's that? Edited by poor_red_neck
06/21/2012 3:50 pm
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 United States
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I use a non reflective black bacground and good advice, no glare on the coins. Your pictures are very decent...you should have no problems. As long as it's a fairly close representation of the coin the buyer will have in hand, unlike Raymo52's IHC which BTW, was an awesome score. swcoin.ecrater.com
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Moderator
United States
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Your auction looks great BTW. Some of the more common coins, you can probably sell in lots too.
swcoin.ecrater.com
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Here is the link to advertise your auctions; http://www.coincommunity.com/forum/...?FORUM_ID=89However... "You must have at least 100 posts and have been a member for at least 30 days to post links here."Keep posting quality posts and you will be there in thirty days! Wow! Lots of coins to go through! I am not a (I believe it's called) Darkside collector, but there are MANY who are in the CCF. Edited by oih82w8
06/21/2012 4:06 pm
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New Member
United States
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Wow, don't thing I'll get to that many posts any time soon. Oh well. I could have sworn I read something about posting a link to an ebay auction (not selling within the forum), and it was significantly less posts. Yes there are alot of coins... alot... That's half the foreign coins. There's about 200 lbs worth of old copper pennies, a couple tubes of poor condition Buffalo nickels, and countless other various coins that don't have a numismatic value (guess it was just the throw-your-change-in-the-bucket collection.) |
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Wow you have quite a few coins to list. Have fun with it. I'm gonna keep an eye on em.
Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
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You could always stick around here for a while and accumulate enough posts to sell here. This way you could avoid all the possible things that could, might, should, would, etc. go wrong on ebay. |
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