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Hello.
I found a 1950 S Quarter that has some sort of irregularity to the mintmark
The S appears to be a 9. Just the right side of the open part of the S has a little ). It does not have really anything else to it.
Breen's shows the S over D plain as day, with the little dashes at the top and bottom of the D.
Does it have to have all of that to be considered a S over D?
I will post pics as soon as I can.
Jordan
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A little out of my element with quarters, I am not farmiliar with them like I am the cents. All being said, however, I can tell you that in order for you to have a valuable die variety your coin has to match the elements of a picture you see. In other words, if a book shows a serif at the top, it better be there on your coin or you likely don't have the listed die.
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I have showed to quite a few others and they said it is not the error, I cannot get a good pic of the mintmark, no matter what resolution I use. What is a good way to get close ups of the coins?
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A good way? There isn't one unless you're willing to spend some good money to get the equipment to do the job. Scanners are horrendous at picking up microscopic doubling. Digital cameras work well through good optics, but don't do the trick by themselves. What I use is a $350 microscope, a $400 light, and a $400 camera with a $20 adaptor. Then I use $400 software to edit the images, but that part is more or less optional...the rest isn't. Worst part is that there really isn't a cheap solution that works well. The digital QX3 "toy" microscopes work somewhat well, but I have no experience with them. First thing I can say is that the lighting they use is not good for coins, and will never produce a publishable image...but for under $50, you shouldn't expect them to. They barely get the job done to a level that, with some explanation, you can show people what you are seeing with a loupe. I cannot tell you where to look to get one, but ebay seems to have just about everything you can imagine at one time or another, and that may be a good place to start. I would, however, only recommend this solution if you're haapy enough with only marginal results. If you want good to excellent results the more professional solution is the only feasable one. |
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I have a camera that should do the trick, the software as well. I may just get a better macro lens. I tried the lense that I currently have and it is not doing very well. It could be operator error though.
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Bedrock of the Community
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I can tell you how I did get some good pictures of mine, I put my 10x scope up to the lens of my 3Mp camera and then took the picture. It done very well I will aaa a picture of an example of how close it got with this procedure. Hope this will help you Image:  DSC00244.jpg102.12 KB |
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The new Digital Blue QX5 microscope hooks up to your computer, and you can view the coin on your screen at many different magnifications. It posesses a super-bright LED light that can help find any little detail. It allows you to insert arrows and text on your picure. For 80 bucks it is amazing.
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I ended up going with a different scope. This coin is now long gone so unfortunately I cannot get pictures on here.
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Posted 03/01/2006 2:20 pm
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