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Cocoinut
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I was feeling ambitious (or bored
) today, so I photographed all of the Lincolns in my 1909-1958 basic set. I currently have 57 of the 140 coins slabbed, and another 59 raw coins that could be slabbed. I have a hard time justifying spending more on grading fees than the coins cost (most were purchased between 1967 and 1983), but some of them are now worth far more than I ever thought they'd be, so I'll probably bite the bullet and submit a lot of them. I'll never be any serious competition for the top positions in the Registry, but I hope to someday crack into the top 30.
You can check out the pics of my fledgling set here. There are over 150 Lincoln sets registered, yet only a handful have pictures of all of the coins. It would be great to see some of the top sets photographed.
Jim
) today, so I photographed all of the Lincolns in my 1909-1958 basic set. I currently have 57 of the 140 coins slabbed, and another 59 raw coins that could be slabbed. I have a hard time justifying spending more on grading fees than the coins cost (most were purchased between 1967 and 1983), but some of them are now worth far more than I ever thought they'd be, so I'll probably bite the bullet and submit a lot of them. I'll never be any serious competition for the top positions in the Registry, but I hope to someday crack into the top 30.You can check out the pics of my fledgling set here. There are over 150 Lincoln sets registered, yet only a handful have pictures of all of the coins. It would be great to see some of the top sets photographed.
Jim
Countdown to completion of my Mercury Set: 2 coins. My growing Lincoln Set: Finally completed!
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Jim >>
Love your 11-D. Some of those RB coins look pretty close to red to me!
Happy hunting.
RegistryNut
I recently embarked on the 1909-1958 set myself after completing my Memorial Set last month.
One thing I have learned is that photographing Lincolns is no easy task. I have put a lot of time into mine.
BEST OF LUCK WITH YOUR SET!
Toby
I think I have the best set in the registry that has lots of pictures. But most of my 1930-2005 coins are raw too. I tried taking more pictures yesterday, esp of the 63-d,72-s,73-d and 86 but they came out too blury to use. I might give them another try today.
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Also, just wait until I add this coin to my set. Check out this picture!
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Chris
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Never a slave to one plastic brand will I ever be.
Nice photos..good details and quite an accomplishment and labor of love.
As a long time student of photography, it appears that your camera was set on automatic white balance, which as you can see, when you use artificial light, it's anything but automatic. The camera, ifit doesn't have a custom white balance that you can set, should be set for artificial light rather than on AUTO. You've got a neutral gray background, which is ideal. No matter.
When you have the time, you can fix all the photos so far in Photoshop or Photoshop Elements. When the background is compltely neutral to the eye, not reddish, the color of the coin will be far more accurate.
Just trying to help, not minimize your accomplishment.
Ira
Toby: Yes. it's difficult to capture the color, detail, and luster. It takes a lot of experimentation to find the best camera settings, lighting, etc.
Lincolns Rule: You have many coins that appear to be choice for the grade. I especially like your '26-S.
Rabbitracks: I like the fact that you don't always use the most common mint from each year.
Ira: I followed your suggestion, and believe that I now have the colors as close to the real thing as possible. All of the pics have been modified or replaced. I found a few of the older dates that I had photographed when I had a better lighting setup, so there are some entirely new images for the 1911-1918 coins.
Jim
Thanks for the pics!
Mike
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<< <i>Thanks to all of you for your comments.
Toby: Yes. it's difficult to capture the color, detail, and luster. It takes a lot of experimentation to find the best camera settings, lighting, etc.
Lincolns Rule: You have many coins that appear to be choice for the grade. I especially like your '26-S.
Rabbitracks: I like the fact that you don't always use the most common mint from each year.
Ira: I followed your suggestion, and believe that I now have the colors as close to the real thing as possible. All of the pics have been modified or replaced. I found a few of the older dates that I had photographed when I had a better lighting setup, so there are some entirely new images for the 1911-1918 coins.
Jim >>
Much, much better, Jim. The ones against the gray background are the best..looks like you re-photographed those after you corrected the white balance in the camera. The others, which you apparently corrected in your imaging program, have a blue background caused by adding blue color to the overly red photos. Still, I'm sure those are closer to the actual coin than before from the color standpoint! Nice job.
Ira