Registry Barber Half Set now with images
DrPete
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I have recently posted digital images to my completed mint state barber half set. The images are all from a Hewlett Packard 5470C scanner and are only obverses for now. Although they give a general idea of what the coins look like, I would like to hear from anyone who can give me advice (hopefully friendly) on how to capture the luster and color better. Technical issues such as digital camera vs. scanners, lighting issues, etc. are all welcome A few other board members have already given me a few ideas, but I am trying to solicit the expertise of those more gifted in crafting digital images. I am new to the board and hope I am doing this correctly. BTW I am a pathologist by trade and part of my work includes forensic cases.
The link to the set is: Dr. Peter K. Shireman Collection
The link to the set is: Dr. Peter K. Shireman Collection
Dr. Pete
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If you perform a "search" in the U.S. Coin Forum (perhaps under "imaging", "photography", "cameras", etc.), you should be able to weed through threads and find some which offer considerable help in imaging coins. If you don't have any luck in that regard, let me know and I'll see if I can locate them for you.
If you can save your images to a form in which Microsoft Paint can read them, than you may be able to follow what I do.
I take photos with my cheap (and old) digital camera. A photo of each side is taken. I work from my disk and call in the obverse photo (file). I copy and past the obverse of the coin into a new file and save it. I then go to the image of the reverse. I, again, make a copy of the section I want. I close that file and open the new file I created, and then paste the image. In that way I get both the obverse and reverse in one image and can place it into my set. Good luck, and welcome to the boards!
Tony
President, Racine Numismatic Society 2013-2014; Variety Resource Dimes; See 6/8/12 CDN for my article on Winged Liberty Dimes; Ebay
Mark, I have followed your suggestion and have been marking through the US Coin forum and with some digging I have found good information about use of digital cameras and various software programs. I will keep an eye open and try some different techniques. One suggestion already sent to me regards doing the scans with one end of the slab propped up about 1/4 inch. Results are easy enough to evaluate, particularly comparing the original coin to the image.
Hi Peter,
I seem to like to hold coins to view them.Images can be deceptive.Perhaps a showdown,in the future, could be arranged.The three finast Barber half dollar sets would be GREAT !!!!!
stewart
You are absolutely correct about physically holding coins rather than passing around images. However, it is much easier to share the coins with others safely and securely with images. In response to my posting this thread, I have had a number of great suggestions for improving coin imaging and will try some of them out soon. Thanks everyone.
A showdown of the top mint state barber halves sets would be a great idea! I know PCGS has done showdowns of sets in the past at major shows and these events are very popular. We know of a collector with mostly PCGS-graded coins who is in the process of trying to get the set completed with PCGS coins. If he can do this we can have a showdown of sets with MS averages of 66.38, 65.74, and 65.12. That would really be something!