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How do I send coins to Chuck? How much will it cost? Does Chuck grade them? These questions may sound... But I'm new to this.
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Bedrock of the Community
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You could start with a private message to him.
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I will take a stab at this ... SOME of what I see in the date looks like Machine Doubling... similar to a coin I posted a few moons ago... But golly... the motto area especially, well I would be asking the same questions you are asking. I'm just a beginner here. Use the search on the forum for examples and discussions. And take a look at coppercoins' site coppercoins.com for a lot of good images and tips. And hey... taking great photos is a real challenge.... thanks for posting your images. |
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Thanks coop and your welcome Changeless. I thought it was MD too. But looking at the RUS in the motto and the mouth area, which there seems to be two of them I started questioning my thoughts. Here's a picture of the mouth area. http://i1227.photobucket.com/albums...us/mouth.jpg |
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Pillar of the Community
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The coin is a normal coin. What I saw that could have possibly been doubling in the fuzzy photos was cleared up for me in these photos. Nothing to see, basically.
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Why does everyone claim that taking close ups is soooo difficult?
I guess if I tried to hammer a nail with a screwdriver, that would be tough too.
Many forum members spend incredible amounts on a camera, and expect it to be a microscope.
PLEASE- no offense to the OP, just a point that became obvious in this thread.
For far south of $300, one can purchase a QUALITY, DIE CAST, STEEL microscope, with a 10MP camera which plugs directly into your computer.
I have no agenda here- my only point is that if I constantly complained that my Ferrari couldn't handle 4X4'ing, someone would clear that up for me right away.
My point is that for a few hundred bucks, one can purchase a tool that produces professional quality images. Why spend more to get less?
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Liveandievarieties THANK YOU for the camera tip! I have asked for such advice in other posts and got nada... so sometimes all a y2k guy like me can do is whine.... (a try at being humorous here... ) And since I am showing my ignorance, poor humor and abject stupidity more probably... I would love to see a post of how the long timers such as you and coppercoins etc etc, go about organizing and searching through a few thousand cents... I know it is a stupid question because I have seen others ask it and more or less be teased for asking. Now here is the way I do it... invented this. (1) I get set up with a comfortable chair and low table and a nice light (per a coppercoins suggestion) a couple feet away at a low angle (2)using grandma's magnifier (large and low power because my eyes are not good enough to read the dates and mint marks) I sort the cents by year or "error group". At this time I also pull out any obvious AUs, wheats, Barber dimes (more humor here), etc. (3) then I go back with a 10x loupe and exaustively look for error coins etc. But as I have asked in other posts... Is there a scope camera way of doing this, so I cant just look at my computer image... a faster better way? Any help MUCH appreciated! Edited by Changeless
04/11/2011 12:19 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
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I prefer looking through a scope. Then you can see what is there/or isn't. I use the scope for taking images through with a hand help camera. So Scope is my choice. At one time I used a scope that put the images on a computer screen. But the unit had plastic lens and gave poor quality. It also had poor lighting and the colors of copper always looked pine instead of copper. Best thing to do is search, save anthing that looks different and when you can afford a scope, then search your coins you saved that looked interesting. With a good scope, if it is interesting, it maybe tossed or kept depending on what you found.
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Thanks Coop. And I also got a very nice direct reply from liveandievarieties(which I will follow up on). A good scope sounds like a good investment. Indeed I am saving lots of coins for later looking. Most appreciative.
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I'm glad you guys decided to talk about this subject. I will save my pennies.
Am I correct by assuming that you take the picture through a scope?
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Fantastic coop. Thank you.
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