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Reimage #10 - 1896 P/L Halfcrown, BU

wybritwybrit Posts: 6,972 ✭✭✭
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Here is the tenth in an infrequent series documenting my renaissance to digicam.

Subject: 1896 Halfcrown, Mirrored prooflike BU.

Here's the scan - does this look prooflike to you?
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Here's the coin with direct lighting:

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And here it is with the light off to the side.
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The scan does hide many of the minor marks. That's why I say buyer beware when the seller is using a scan to sell a high priced coin!!
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  • PreussenPreussen Posts: 2,307 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Here's the scan - does this look prooflike to you? >>

    no



    << <i>Here's the coin with direct lighting: >>

    very nice!



    << <i>And here it is with the light off to the side. >>

    nice, but I like the second one better image

    nice coin! - Preussen
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  • FairlanemanFairlaneman Posts: 10,424 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The scanned picture is lifeless and boring. The second picture makes the marks on the coin look worse than what I think they really are. I do like the obverse shot though. Photo number three is a very nice shot of the coin. Very life like from where I am sitting.

    Ken
  • AethelredAethelred Posts: 9,288 ✭✭✭
    You are getting good at the coin photography thing Wybrit!
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  • MacCrimmonMacCrimmon Posts: 7,058 ✭✭✭
    Death to scans!!!!


    The direct lighting image is marvelous ..... The coin is sweet too. image

  • cosmicdebriscosmicdebris Posts: 12,332 ✭✭✭


    << <i>You are getting good at the coin photography thing Wybrit! >>



    image

    I really like the second image
    Bill

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  • ajaanajaan Posts: 17,454 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Which image looks like the coin?

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  • theboz11theboz11 Posts: 6,576 ✭✭✭
    I vote for the second also, the first has no depth to it.image
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  • drjulesdrjules Posts: 1,683
    Very nice images and an interesting progession, is the camera hand-held or do you have a copy stand / tripod now?

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  • AuldFartteAuldFartte Posts: 4,597 ✭✭✭✭
    The direct light pics are excellent image

    The marks would show better, but keep in mind that the photos are WAY bigger than the actual size of the coin "in hand" ... and those marks are going to be proportionately larger, too.
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  • oldshepoldshep Posts: 3,240 ✭
    The direct lighting is a superb picture! Nice job.
    Shep
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  • rhound1977rhound1977 Posts: 2,504
    Nice pictures, scans are what they are......
  • coinkatcoinkat Posts: 23,429 ✭✭✭✭✭
    great photos and a smashing coin...

    Is it PL? I would rather have it in hand to check the mirror/reflectivity.

    edited to add: the coin looks to be housed in an airtight and it would be interesting to see what grade it would get from a TPG. Is PL a designation offered for this series? Have any been graded by NGC or PCGS?

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  • MacCrimmonMacCrimmon Posts: 7,058 ✭✭✭


    << <i>edited to add: the coin looks to be housed in an airtight and it would be interesting to see what grade it would get from a TPG. Is PL a designation offered for this series? Have any been graded by NGC or PCGS? >>



    Coinkat; yes, NGC has graded UNC. UK coins with a PL designation in the past. Cheshire had a few, and I believe I've seen some at NEN. To my knowledge, PCGS does not give that designation to unc. coins.
  • wybritwybrit Posts: 6,972 ✭✭✭
    Which image looks like the coin?

    Both images capture the coin. The reflection from the light is blinding. The piece is blast white.

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  • wybritwybrit Posts: 6,972 ✭✭✭
    is the camera hand-held or do you have a copy stand / tripod now?

    I just use a mini tripod.
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  • wybritwybrit Posts: 6,972 ✭✭✭
    Is it PL?

    Definitely! image
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  • BSBS Posts: 1,318 ✭✭✭
    I like the first picture.image
  • nicholasz219nicholasz219 Posts: 1,386 ✭✭✭
    Wybrit,

    Very nice coin! I agree with Auld in that with the magnification of the size of the coin in the photo, your otherwise not as noticeable marks just loom so much larger. The more inexperienced collector might not realize how disproportionate those marks seem only because the coin is magnified by 50X.

    Both pictures are nice, but if the direct light photo is not really true to the coin, I guess using the indirectly lit image would be the most prudent thing to use for selling/archival/insurance purposes.

    But the first one definitely qualifies as art!

    You should make British coin wallpaper and sell it to us degenerate coin collectors!

    Nick
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  • farthingfarthing Posts: 3,294 ✭✭✭
    If you're selling I prefer that you use the first image. image
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  • wybritwybrit Posts: 6,972 ✭✭✭
    If you're selling I prefer that you use the first image. image

    You're forgetting the rule of reverse psychology. The price realized is inversely related to the square of the quality of the picture.
    Former owner, Cambridge Gate collection.
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