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Yes...very nice...thinking of getting one as a big brother to my 1914 $5!
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Canada
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I am not disappointed so far. These coins are exceeding my expectations. When I bought the $10 coin, I also got the War of 1812 book for free and was included in the shipping of the coin! Got one big package in the mail.
Still waiting for the $5 1913 and 1914. And also the $10 1912 and 1913. Will post photos when I get them.
I still love these coins. The art and design is just stunning.
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02/06/2013 9:07 pm
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I received my 3x 1912 $5 HS on the first day, but nothing else since... so I'm still waiting on quite a few!
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Canada
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Here are my beautiful triplets that I received today.  Sorry that they are just cellphone pictures but it's the best I can do right now. I am very happy with these coins. They have beautiful original luster and minimal bag marks. These coins are awesome!   |
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Again, they look like great coins!
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@Shannoxt, nice looking coins.
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I only have a cell phone camera to take pictures of these coins when I get them as well. Anyone know what I should look for in a camera if I were looking to take really high quality close-ups of these coins?
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@wettld2 I have three lenses in my kit that would all take great photos of these coins. They're all for Canon cameras - 50mm f2.5 macro Canon lens; it's a "half macro' as it renders a 1:2 image on the sensor. Great lens, fairly cheap - 60mm f2.8 EF-S macro. This is a 1:1 lens (meaning it can capture a lifesize rendition on the sensor of the camera - since the sensor is roughly 2cm wide, you can fill the entire pixel range with something 2cm wide, making it almost 6000 pixels across. Lots of detail). Only works on Canon's cropped cameras like the t4i, or 50D etc. - 100mm f2.8 USM Macro - my sharpest lens produces amazingly detailed 1:1 macros on a full frame camera, meaning it's a magnified effect on a cropped fram camera like a T4i. I'll probably shoot my coins with the 100mm macro just because of the higher resolution it provides. I haven't shot coins before, but you can get this kind of detail out of the 100mm macro when you shoot small objects: http://www.flickr.com/photos/coffeegeek/466802304/CC Edited by CoffeeCoin
02/06/2013 11:00 pm
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Someone is working late at the Mint. I just got shipping notice for my 1913 & 1914 PS $10!
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@wettld2 any new camera with micro feature can take decent picture, you need a tripod, apture piority, manual focusing and good light. here is the detail from original photo without resizing. I use a panasonic LX3, already several years old.  |
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WOW: Thanks Coffeecoin and Silverbug!
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@wettld2:
whole other hobby/ball game you will be getting into! And one arguable more expensive :)
Head over to the photography subforum here for pro advice.
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Last night I used a DSLR with micro lens on the gold coin, the picture is much sharper and detailed. You get what you paid for, indeed.
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