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A TrueView Beauty - 1887 Jubilee £2

MacCrimmonMacCrimmon Posts: 7,058 ✭✭✭
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So, I sent a batch of bits and bobs off to PCGS and Darkhorse to shoot my babies nekkid, and here's one of my favorite results. This TrueView image captures the field surfaces, lustre, and strike better than I could imagine....it's 'spot on'.image

Once I get the entire batch back I'll show some from time to time (hint: most are still raw and it might not be before Christmas)image

Also, if I can find my original image of this coin in the plastic I'll show a side-by-side, but trust me, my images are dismal in comparison.


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  • shirohniichanshirohniichan Posts: 4,992 ✭✭✭
    I haven't had the funds necessary to add gold to my 1887 set, but your photos have made me commit the sin of envy. image
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  • 1jester1jester Posts: 8,637 ✭✭✭
    Not bad! I wonder how much a comparable Liteside piece (if there were such a thing) would go for.....image

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  • theboz11theboz11 Posts: 6,576 ✭✭✭
    mmmmmmmmmm GOLD! Me likeyimage
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  • cosmicdebriscosmicdebris Posts: 12,332 ✭✭✭
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  • PreussenPreussen Posts: 2,307 ✭✭✭
    That is a beauty! There's just nothing like Gold, is there? image - Preussen
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  • wybritwybrit Posts: 6,972 ✭✭✭
    Awesome piece and picture.
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  • SYRACUSIANSYRACUSIAN Posts: 6,461 ✭✭✭✭
    Fantastic and a very rare coin in this grade.

    Phil's photos with the pro equipment are even better than before.I wonder why he hasn't been posting since the last Long Beach show.
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  • farthingfarthing Posts: 3,294 ✭✭✭
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  • MacCrimmonMacCrimmon Posts: 7,058 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Phil's photos with the pro equipment are even better than before.I wonder why he hasn't been posting since the last Long Beach show. >>



    He's been busy taking pictures of my coins...image

    Seriously, I'm sure he's quite the busy lad these days.

    And yes, an 8M pixel SLR with all the goodies is a marvelous thing.....hey, anything's better than my poor 2MP rig....well, almost.image
  • AuldFartteAuldFartte Posts: 4,597 ✭✭✭✭
    Phil is incredible. That's the nicest pic of a gold coin I've seen image
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  • SylvestiusSylvestius Posts: 1,584 ✭
    There are two 1887 gold coins that come, both are owned my members of this board and both are absolute stunners.

    The 1887 £2 coin above is one of them and it's a real cracker. I'd pay money just to see it, let alone buy it!

    (The other is an 1887 £5 coin owned by Guilford Courthouse and it looks just like the £2 coin above)
  • 1jester1jester Posts: 8,637 ✭✭✭


    << <i>There are two 1887 gold coins that come, both are owned my members of this board and both are absolute stunners.

    The 1887 £2 coin above is one of them and it's a real cracker. I'd pay money just to see it, let alone buy it!

    (The other is an 1887 £5 coin owned by Guilford Courthouse and it looks just like the £2 coin above) >>




    Guilford Courthouse? I wonder....

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    "Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you." -Luke 11:9

    "Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD: And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might." -Deut. 6:4-5

    "For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; He will save us." -Isaiah 33:22
  • MacCrimmonMacCrimmon Posts: 7,058 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Guilford Courthouse? I wonder.... >>



    Lucky devil, that one. I wish that someday I might even see a fiver like this £2.image
  • SylvestiusSylvestius Posts: 1,584 ✭


    << <i>

    << <i>There are two 1887 gold coins that come, both are owned my members of this board and both are absolute stunners.

    The 1887 £2 coin above is one of them and it's a real cracker. I'd pay money just to see it, let alone buy it!

    (The other is an 1887 £5 coin owned by Guilford Courthouse and it looks just like the £2 coin above) >>




    Guilford Courthouse? I wonder....

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    Is there something i should be aware of here? Does he go by a different name on these boards, all i know is i saw that £5 when he entered it into the Popular Coin Idol competition that's held over on Coinpeople, formerly run by your's truly. (Although i'm officially retired now!)


  • 1jester1jester Posts: 8,637 ✭✭✭
    OK, fess up Guilford Courthouse!! Are you or are you not a member here??

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    "Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you." -Luke 11:9

    "Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD: And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might." -Deut. 6:4-5

    "For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; He will save us." -Isaiah 33:22
  • DanegeldDanegeld Posts: 1,497
    Beautiful, so rich in color... image

    Very Nice
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  • BSBS Posts: 1,318 ✭✭✭
    Wow, that's very sharp.image
  • coinkatcoinkat Posts: 23,409 ✭✭✭✭✭
    very cool coin and picture

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  • MSD61MSD61 Posts: 3,382 ✭


    << <i>I haven't had the funds necessary to add gold to my 1887 set, but your photos have made me commit the sin of envy. image >>



    Same here shiro-sanimage That is one sweet coin Mac!
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