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Posted 05/05/2013 09:13 am
Thanks wireman...I also bought mine in the 80's.
Grades then were as you said lacking in numerical values. Some that I bought were graded 'choice unc's' but were graded in the 90's as 'AU 55'. But on the flip side many others were also graded as MS 64 and MS 65.
A 5 cents silver under a 4x loop would now give you a small cent as the ~ final grading size... "if going by the book" back then. I then used.. and still use a 7x loop as my standard viewer.
We have now blown these little 5c pieces up to the size of small plates and every minute touch is now gigantic. If you hold that little 5c piece in your hand with a 4x loop,...there's not very much to see.
I'm experimenting with different lighting to get a sharp pic. The 'sun pic' here makes a blazing white coin too bright in my opinion. A darkish coin does well in the sun pic but I will try a shade pic to take some of the brilliant glare out of some recent pics. Most of my 5 cent silvers have some toning and the sun basically washes it all out.
bosox showed us how to get the best pics possible...I'm still trying...
Grades then were as you said lacking in numerical values. Some that I bought were graded 'choice unc's' but were graded in the 90's as 'AU 55'. But on the flip side many others were also graded as MS 64 and MS 65.
A 5 cents silver under a 4x loop would now give you a small cent as the ~ final grading size... "if going by the book" back then. I then used.. and still use a 7x loop as my standard viewer.
We have now blown these little 5c pieces up to the size of small plates and every minute touch is now gigantic. If you hold that little 5c piece in your hand with a 4x loop,...there's not very much to see.
I'm experimenting with different lighting to get a sharp pic. The 'sun pic' here makes a blazing white coin too bright in my opinion. A darkish coin does well in the sun pic but I will try a shade pic to take some of the brilliant glare out of some recent pics. Most of my 5 cent silvers have some toning and the sun basically washes it all out.
bosox showed us how to get the best pics possible...I'm still trying...
