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Contest - Results In - Slabbed Coin Presentation
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This was a very close contest, with just over five percentage points separating the top four entries!
Congratulation to nwcs for his winning image!
Here are the top four entries:
1st - nwcs (photo #4)
2nd - MrSpud (photo #2)
3rd (tie) - messydesk (photo #1) and tjkillian (photo #9)
Thanks to all the contestants for participating - there were some very nice compositions here!
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The contest rules, in regards to the image composition:
2) Each entry should be a single image in JPG format, no larger than 800 x 800 pixels, and should show:
a) At least one image of the coin obverse
b) At least one image of the coin reverse
c) The slab label (or pertinent pieces of the label)
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Photos of coin taken with Canon A80 zoomed to 3x at 10" with Cokin +2 close-up lens,
single daylight fluorescent light, ISO 50, 1/10 sec, f8.0. Hologram shot through microscope
with fluorescent light held low off to the side. Drop shadow on slab label layer. Large, black
outer glow on the coins. Brightness/contrast adjustment layer sitting on top hologram to darken
the diagonal under the coins a little. Abandoned using an artistic filter on the hologram in the
interest of time. Scratches buffed out of slab with InternationalR Brass + Metal Polish, distributed
by The Lincoln Co., Reading, PA.
02
The coin is a PCGS AU58 Three Cent Silver Coin. I took the picture with a Coolpix 950 mounted on a
Mini-Tripod with a single Reveal Lightbulb in a clip-on light fixture set right above the Camera. The coin
was photographed with a very slight tilt in order to get the color to show and to avoid glare/haze from
the slab. The photo was processed using both Picture-It 99 and Paint Shop Pro 8. I basically use the
Picture-It 99 to do cropping and the backgrounds and the Paint Shop Pro 8 to adjust the brightness,
contrast and clarity as needed to make the photo accurately represent the look of the coin in-hand.
I cropped the word PCGS and the grade using Picture-It and placed it on the photo and made the edges
transparent so the grade blends in with the background. The background is made by using a two colored
black and white gradient and then by using the edge softener to create the “windowbox” effect and then
added a black border to frame it.
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Thanks go out to all of the participants - there are some cool images here!
Winner receives a 2005 Satin-finish U.S. Mint Set in the original, unopened box.
I'll keep the polls open until Wednesday, April 26 10pm CDT
Here is a list of the contestants:
(images are in random order)
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ashmore
dizzyfoxx
fairlaneman
MadMarty
messydesk
mgoodm3
MrSpud
northcoin
nwcs
p8nt
shylock
tjkillian
Ken
P.S. It's fun doing these occasional contests and I have a couple more ideas. If
you have any ideas for future contests or ways to improve them, I want to hear
from you!
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Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
#4 2nd place
Very nice!! I like 4, 9, and 10!
Great transactions with oih82w8, JasonGaming, Moose1913.
I really liked most of them a bunch, wish some of the skill would filter over here.
Edit- Got the # wrong.
<< <i>Was 05 some kind of joke or just a put-down of ANACS? >>
I see it as a put-down of people who buy plastic and not coins. Pretty funny.
Keeper of the VAM Catalog • Professional Coin Imaging • Prime Number Set • World Coins in Early America • British Trade Dollars
#3 is really nice as well but I don't like the deep tunnel look of the background so much or the placement and size of the slab label.
#5 is just a freakin' joke. Is that really someone's idea of a serious presentation? The coin is smaller than the typeface!
collections: Maryland related coins & exonumia, 7070 Type set, and Video Arcade Tokens.
The Low Budget Y2K Registry Set
Next, #7. When entering a contest, it doesn't hurt to compliment the sponsor.
Joe
All the pics are nice, I'd say not a loser in the group.
Morgan, modern sets, circulated Kennedys, and Wisconsin error leaf quarter Collector
First (and only - so far) Official "You Suck" Award from Russ 2/9/07
Keeper of the VAM Catalog • Professional Coin Imaging • Prime Number Set • World Coins in Early America • British Trade Dollars
<< <i>
<< <i>Was 05 some kind of joke or just a put-down of ANACS? >>
I see it as a put-down of people who buy plastic and not coins. Pretty funny. >>
In that case, a PCGS slab would have been a better choice.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
Those are all excellent photos (well except for maybe #5)
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Ray
Dadacoinism.
<< <i>#2 is very nice but it doesn't have the slab label....... this is a "slabbed coin presentation" ..... >>
And that is what makes it the nicest of the presentations...it presents the "slabbed coin" not the slab.
TorinoCobra71
<< <i>
<< <i>#2 is very nice but it doesn't have the slab label....... this is a "slabbed coin presentation" ..... >>
And that is what makes it the nicest of the presentations...it presents the "slabbed coin" not the slab. >>
The rules called for the slab label, which is a handicap to any good presentation, since all slab labels are rather unattractive in the context of the coin being presented.
Keeper of the VAM Catalog • Professional Coin Imaging • Prime Number Set • World Coins in Early America • British Trade Dollars
Just a little information:
The rifle at the top is an 1853 3-band Enfield rifle musket, the most popular imported rifle (800,000 from England) used during the war
The pocket watch was made in November, 1863 in Waltham, Mass.
The hat on the upper left is a kepi from South Carolina
The glasses is typical of those used in the mid-19th century
The Federal $1 bill was the first paper money issued the the U.S. Government, July 1862
The background is the battle flag of the Army of Northern Virgina, infantry, 3rd bunting
The Confederate $10 was a more popular paper note saved.
The indian cent was the only circulating coin of any kind in 1863, east of the Mississippi.
Tom
2) Each entry should be a single image in JPG format, no larger than 800 x 800 pixels, and should show:
a) At least one image of the coin obverse
b) At least one image of the coin reverse
c) The slab label (or pertinent pieces of the label)
I converted one entry from .bmp to .jpg to get the file size reasonable, and resized another (with permission
of the contestant) to get it down to the 800 pixel requirement.
In regards to entry #2 - it wasn't really what I had in mind, but I thought I would leave the interpretation of
rule 2c up to each individual contestant. Frankly, with some of the creative folks around here, I was more
concerned with having to police rule #3 (No funny business!)
Ken
<< <i>
<< <i>#2 is very nice but it doesn't have the slab label....... this is a "slabbed coin presentation" ..... >>
And that is what makes it the nicest of the presentations...it presents the "slabbed coin" not the slab. >>
Then the coin might as well be raw.
entry #2 included the following (excerpted) notes with their emailed entry:
"...I cropped the word PCGS and the grade using Picture-It and placed it on the photo and made the
edges transparent so the grade blends in with the background."
So, entry #2 has indeed followed the rules of the contest to a T!
Ken
Aerospace Structures Engineer
<< <i>Had to go with #9. Very nice historical look to it. Everyone did a great job.
Very, very
09/07/2006
along the lines of "Just show me the results" to insure that every vote take a conscious effort.
cosmic - I have posted rule #2 at the top - this was the only one regarding image composition.
This is a very close race between the top four contestants and may go down to the wire!!!
Ken
The top four entries are within about six percentage points!
Ken