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Never found one of these before, and pretty sure there aren't a heck of a lot of them out there. Coppercoins never did get one to put up on their site, and doesn't show up on Wexler's site until WRPM-028. Anyway, not happy about the scratches but happy to add a tough one to the collection. 1946-D/D Lincoln Wheat cent RPM-002 (north)    |
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Very nice tropicalbats great find as always. You take great pictures what do you use?
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COT, I am working on putting something on my website describing how I take the photos so I don't have to type it all out too often. However, I was gone most of the summer and am getting ready to head out for another six weeks soon so might be Christmas before I get back to working on that. Short story is a Canon S95 for the full coin shots and an AmScope stereoscope for the close ups. More often than not I don't use the camera on the scope but just snap a pic with my phone through the lens as it's faster. |
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Gotcha thanks for the response and looking forward to your website. Do you coin search using the AmScope? |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Awesome find and congratulation tropicalbats!
Errers and Varietys.
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I will search proof coins with the scope, as even a strong DDR seems invisible to me in the loupe. But other than a few top grade coins, no, I only use the loupe for searching. Sure, you can find a whole lot more RPMs with the scope, but if I can't see it with the loupe then it better be on a really good coin or I'm not spending the time looking for it. It is my opinion that I find more and better varieties this way rather than spending much or any time looking for minor stuff on poor coins. Oh yeah, and my loupe is an 8X of the kind used to sit on a photographic slide. I turn it upside down and it works super well while using a caving headlamp as a light source. I can scan a circulated wheat in about a second or two for anything interesting. I find the little metal jewelry loupes to be far slower as they have such a small area in focus at any one time. Edited by tropicalbats
08/31/2019 08:31 am
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Rest in Peace
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Congratulations on a really tough find.
Your explanation on how you search using the loupe and when you might need the scope should be a "cut and paste".
The number of new roll hunters showing us microscopic errors or varieties and believing they will be buying a new house with the proceeds never ends.
Using the scope should be a second or third step, not the first. Well done.
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The number of new roll hunters showing us microscopic errors or varieties and believing they will be buying a new house with the proceeds never ends. Hilarious statement |
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Great find my friend. Makes me wonder how many have been looked over in haste. That is really hard to spot if you don't take the time to look at it but once you see it that thing really stands out.
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Collector of U.S. Coins, Varieties, and Colonial Coinage
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Quote:I will search proof coins with the scope, as even a strong DDR seems invisible to me in the loupe. But other than a few top grade coins, no, I only use the loupe for searching. Sure, you can find a whole lot more RPMs with the scope, but if I can't see it with the loupe then it better be on a really good coin or I'm not spending the time looking for it. It is my opinion that I find more and better varieties this way rather than spending much or any time looking for minor stuff on poor coins. Oh yeah, and my loupe is an 8X of the kind used to sit on a photographic slide. I turn it upside down and it works super well while using a caving headlamp as a light source. I can scan a circulated wheat in about a second or two for anything interesting. I find the little metal jewelry loupes to be far slower as they have such a small area in focus at any one time. thanks for that tropicalbats I really appreciate the insight and you sharing that, thanks again |
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Posted 08/31/2019 12:55 am
