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Valued Member
United States
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Edited by Sap
02/11/2008 04:14 am
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Valued Member
United States
60 Posts |
Japan, China Korea....Please do yourself a tremendous favor and get a tripod. Even a very cheap one works good for close shots.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1666 Posts |
It's a Chinese "cash" coin, most likely early 1900's. Impossible to date exactly and to tell the province from your pics.
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Valued Member
United States
303 Posts |
Yep, it is a cash coin of China.
Don't want to sound rude or anything, but you should look at the photos before you post. If you can't see it well, then most people can not also. Try using the macro feature (the flower symbol) and tripods would be akward to use... unless you tape the coin to a vertical object. Also use a smaller amount of pixels, the pictures are way to big at 800kb+
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Valued Member
 United States
240 Posts |
I'm sorry about the bad pictures, my camera isn't good at all. I posted the pictures up anyway, just in case anybody recognized the coin, maby from the writing in the center, I will try to take better photos. Thanks for the suggestiongs tho!
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Valued Member
United States
60 Posts |
I take great pics and always use a tripod with coin laying flat and camera panned down. Use macro setting and full auto if you dont know much pic tech.
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Valued Member
United States
240 Posts |
I looked for china cash coins, and slimmed it down to this coin! It is a CHINA, CHIHLI 5 cash, I found a better picture here! (obviously in alot better shape!)  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1666 Posts |
No this is not the same coin.
For one, your coin is a 20 cash, not a 5 cash. That part is pretty clearly visible in your pics.
As for the province, it is most likely Hupeh or Kwangtung (most common provinces), but again I cannot tell from the pictures.
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
1077 Posts |
Just a suggestion but I find the best way to get consistently good pictures, in focus and all at the same scale is to forget the camera and use a scanner.
I have scanned my entire collection and use the following settings.
150dpi 667% save as jpeg at about 90% quality and you get a beautiful large photo with a file size that is not too large.
You can also play around with the direction you scan them to adjust which side they are lit from and where the shadows fall.
If you have a scanner give it a go.
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Valued Member
United States
240 Posts |
really? I thought scanning could do harm to old things, no at much coins, but ive heard that it is bad to scan an old picture or something...
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Valued Member
Philippines
53 Posts |
Dillon, Dons World Coin Gallery might help you to identify your coin
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
1077 Posts |
Scanning coins is OK. I had not heard about the damage to pictures but I could see that it is a possibility because of the bright light used by the scanner. No brighter than the flash on your camera though. The exactchange software people request scans of coins if you find something they don't have, they will then add them to their database and give you a mention.  |
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