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  • robecrobec Posts: 6,830 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I was tempted to crack it out and try but I guess that's a no no. image >>



    image

    Only because the color would probably keep PCGS from grading it the next time.
  • robecrobec Posts: 6,830 ✭✭✭✭✭
  • relicsncoinsrelicsncoins Posts: 8,103 ✭✭✭✭✭


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    << <i>Can't wait to see the results of this one! That is a stacked lineup! >>



    It will be interesting, this is a beast of a coin and I for one could not capture it's beauty no matter what I tried. I was tempted to crack it out and try but I guess that's a no no. image >>



    I'm with you.....horrible. My entry photos were terrible.
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  • robecrobec Posts: 6,830 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The progression as of 11/24/09


    Good Luck in what messydesk has labeled, "The Brilliant Proof Toner Smackdown"



    CarlWohlforth - Received 9/5
    Becoka - Received 9/8, mailed to renomedphys 9/14
    Renomedphys - Received 9/17, mailed to Crazyhounddog 9/22
    Crazyhounddog - Received 9/24, sent to Blue62vette 9/25
    Blue62vette - Received 9/28, mailed to BillyGoatsGruff 10/1
    BillyGoatsGruff - Received 10/5, mailed to Mgoodm3 10/7
    Mgoodm3 - Received 10/13, mailed to Bochiman 10/16
    Bochiman - Received 10/21, mailed to Airplanenut 10/24
    Airplanenut - Received 10/27, mailed to Relicsncoins 11/4
    Relicsncoins - Received 11/6, mailed to Astrostu 11/12
    Astrostu- - Received 11/13, mailed to Bsshog40 11/20
    Bsshog40 - Received 11/20
    Bruceswar
    Coindude
    rgCoinGuy
    DMWJR
    nwcs
    James_EarlyUS
    Morgandollar1878
    Messydesk
    Soty27
    Direwolf1972
    Physics-fan3.14
    Pheh
    Frnklnlvr
    DieClash
    Lehigh96
    Morgansforever

    Bobby will send it to Bruce 11/25, Sam on deck.
  • This coin is sooo easy to photo. image I love it! I just got the coin today and soon it will be going out to the next person. P.S. With the right light that color glows!
  • BECOKABECOKA Posts: 16,961 ✭✭✭


    << <i>This coin is sooo easy to photo. image I love it! I just got the coin today and soon it will be going out to the next person. P.S. With the right light that color glows! >>



    Trying to psych out the rest of the crowd eh? image
  • ChrisRxChrisRx Posts: 5,619 ✭✭✭✭
    Don't know how I missed this post but I don't have a good camera to photo coins anyways image
    image


  • << <i>

    << <i>This coin is sooo easy to photo. image I love it! I just got the coin today and soon it will be going out to the next person. P.S. With the right light that color glows! >>



    Trying to psych out the rest of the crowd eh? image >>




    No I took a total of 4 shots and nailed it. It was easy for me.
  • BECOKABECOKA Posts: 16,961 ✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>

    << <i>This coin is sooo easy to photo. image I love it! I just got the coin today and soon it will be going out to the next person. P.S. With the right light that color glows! >>



    Trying to psych out the rest of the crowd eh? image >>




    No I took a total of 4 shots and nailed it. It was easy for me. >>



    Hmmm, can't wait to see the photos. Took me about 10 shots and I think I did OK but did not quite nail it. You are right though lighting is key.
  • all should be interesting. image Good luck all!
  • robecrobec Posts: 6,830 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The progression as of 2/14/2010


    Good Luck in what messydesk has labeled, "The Brilliant Proof Toner Smackdown"



    CarlWohlforth - Received 9/5
    Becoka - Received 9/8, mailed to renomedphys 9/14
    Renomedphys - Received 9/17, mailed to Crazyhounddog 9/22
    Crazyhounddog - Received 9/24, sent to Blue62vette 9/25
    Blue62vette - Received 9/28, mailed to BillyGoatsGruff 10/1
    BillyGoatsGruff - Received 10/5, mailed to Mgoodm3 10/7
    Mgoodm3 - Received 10/13, mailed to Bochiman 10/16
    Bochiman - Received 10/21, mailed to Airplanenut 10/24
    Airplanenut - Received 10/27, mailed to Relicsncoins 11/4
    Relicsncoins - Received 11/6, mailed to Astrostu 11/12
    Astrostu- - Received 11/13, mailed to Bsshog40 11/20
    Bsshog40 - Received 11/20, mailed to Bruceswar 11/25
    Bruceswar - Received 11/30, mailed to Coindude 12/1
    Coindude - Received 12/4, mailed to rgCoinGuy 12/7
    rgCoinGuy - Received 12/9, mailed to Doug 12/14
    DMWJR - Received 12/16, mailed to nwcs 1/5
    nwcs - Received 1/7, mailed to James 1/9
    James_EarlyUS - Received 1/11, mailed to Morgandollar1878 1/13
    Morgandollar1878 - Received 1/15, mailed to Messydesk 1/20
    Messydesk - Received 1/23, mailed to Soty27 1/25
    Soty27 - Received 1/27, mailed to Physics 2/8
    Physics-fan3.14 - Received 2/13
    Pheh
    Frnklnlvr
    DieClash
    Lehigh96
    Morgansforever
    Marauderrt10

    6 to go!!
  • Pictures taken and off to DMWJR in tomorrow's mail! Tough coin!
    imageQuid pro quo. Yes or no?
  • morgandollar1878morgandollar1878 Posts: 4,006 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Where's this baby at?? I'm drooling at the thought of seeing it in hand.image
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  • robecrobec Posts: 6,830 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Doug (DMWJR) has been working on it. It may be in the mail already to nwcs. James will be soon after that. Since the holidays are over it should start moving a little faster.image
  • DMWJRDMWJR Posts: 6,034 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It went out this morning to the next in line.
    Doug
  • morgandollar1878morgandollar1878 Posts: 4,006 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Get ready Messydesk, this baby is on its' was to you.image
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  • messydeskmessydesk Posts: 20,276 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Picked up the coin today. Deciding whether to listen to Jimi Hendrix or the Grateful Dead while shooting it.
  • SwampboySwampboy Posts: 13,099 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Picked up the coin today. Deciding whether to listen to Jimi Hendrix or the Grateful Dead while shooting it. >>



    Need light?

    image

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  • ill join in, i know exactly how to shoot this. Its in the bag image
  • robecrobec Posts: 6,830 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The progression as of 2/14/2010


    Good Luck in what messydesk has labeled, "The Brilliant Proof Toner Smackdown"


    CarlWohlforth - Received 9/5
    Becoka - Received 9/8, mailed to renomedphys 9/14
    Renomedphys - Received 9/17, mailed to Crazyhounddog 9/22
    Crazyhounddog - Received 9/24, sent to Blue62vette 9/25
    Blue62vette - Received 9/28, mailed to BillyGoatsGruff 10/1
    BillyGoatsGruff - Received 10/5, mailed to Mgoodm3 10/7
    Mgoodm3 - Received 10/13, mailed to Bochiman 10/16
    Bochiman - Received 10/21, mailed to Airplanenut 10/24
    Airplanenut - Received 10/27, mailed to Relicsncoins 11/4
    Relicsncoins - Received 11/6, mailed to Astrostu 11/12
    Astrostu- - Received 11/13, mailed to Bsshog40 11/20
    Bsshog40 - Received 11/20, mailed to Bruceswar 11/25
    Bruceswar - Received 11/30, mailed to Coindude 12/1
    Coindude - Received 12/4, mailed to rgCoinGuy 12/7
    rgCoinGuy - Received 12/9, mailed to Doug 12/14
    DMWJR - Received 12/16, mailed to nwcs 1/5
    nwcs - Received 1/7, mailed to James 1/9
    James_EarlyUS - Received 1/11, mailed to Morgandollar1878 1/13
    Morgandollar1878 - Received 1/15, mailed to Messydesk 1/20
    Messydesk - Received 1/23, mailed to Soty27 1/25
    Soty27 - Received 1/27, mailed to Physics 2/8
    Physics-fan3.14 - Received 2/13
    Pheh
    Frnklnlvr
    DieClash
    Lehigh96
    Morgansforever
    Marauderrt10

    6 to go!!
  • Looks like I'm coming up soon.
  • LeeGLeeG Posts: 12,162
    I tried this once and never again. Folks holding the coin for three days or more just drags this on for way too long. Just my opinion which is not worth much. image
  • BECOKABECOKA Posts: 16,961 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I tried this once and never again. Folks holding the coin for three days or more just drags this on for way too long. Just my opinion which is not worth much. image >>



    Sometimes it not so much the folks holding it for more than three days as it is finding the next person to send it to. When I had it the destination changed at least three times before I finally sent it as the people it was going to were not ready or not around to receive it.
  • robecrobec Posts: 6,830 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The progression as of 3/9/2010


    Good Luck in what messydesk has labeled, "The Brilliant Proof Toner Smackdown"


    CarlWohlforth - Received 9/5
    Becoka - Received 9/8, mailed to renomedphys 9/14
    Renomedphys - Received 9/17, mailed to Crazyhounddog 9/22
    Crazyhounddog - Received 9/24, sent to Blue62vette 9/25
    Blue62vette - Received 9/28, mailed to BillyGoatsGruff 10/1
    BillyGoatsGruff - Received 10/5, mailed to Mgoodm3 10/7
    Mgoodm3 - Received 10/13, mailed to Bochiman 10/16
    Bochiman - Received 10/21, mailed to Airplanenut 10/24
    Airplanenut - Received 10/27, mailed to Relicsncoins 11/4
    Relicsncoins - Received 11/6, mailed to Astrostu 11/12
    Astrostu- - Received 11/13, mailed to Bsshog40 11/20
    Bsshog40 - Received 11/20, mailed to Bruceswar 11/25
    Bruceswar - Received 11/30, mailed to Coindude 12/1
    Coindude - Received 12/4, mailed to rgCoinGuy 12/7
    rgCoinGuy - Received 12/9, mailed to Doug 12/14
    DMWJR - Received 12/16, mailed to nwcs 1/5
    nwcs - Received 1/7, mailed to James 1/9
    James_EarlyUS - Received 1/11, mailed to Morgandollar1878 1/13
    Morgandollar1878 - Received 1/15, mailed to Messydesk 1/20
    Messydesk - Received 1/23, mailed to Soty27 1/25
    Soty27 - Received 1/27, mailed to Physics 2/8
    Physics-fan3.14 - Received 2/13 - Mailed to Pheh 2/20
    Pheh - received 2/25 - mailed to Frnklnlvr 2/28
    Frnklnlvr - received 3/3 - mailed to DieClash 3/4
    DieClash - received 3/8
    Lehigh96
    Morgansforever
    Marauderrt10

    4 to go!!
  • frnklnlvrfrnklnlvr Posts: 2,750
    This was definitely a very tough coin to image!
  • messydeskmessydesk Posts: 20,276 ✭✭✭✭✭
    image

    Almost there...
  • robecrobec Posts: 6,830 ✭✭✭✭✭
    More like this......

    image

    ..... but getting there.
  • BochimanBochiman Posts: 25,556 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>This was definitely a very tough coin to image! >>



    Nah....I was almost blind when I got it (torn cornea) and imaged it....now,now that my sight is mostly back, but I don't have the coin in hand, we shall see if the image is even close image
    (easy to image, not easy to get right image )

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  • robecrobec Posts: 6,830 ✭✭✭✭✭
    In order to come up with a winner there will be four groups to vote on. Each group will contain the finished images (obverse and reverse) of seven contestants. There will be separate voting on obverse and reverse images.

    You will vote on your favorite obverse image and favorite reverse image from each group. The four group winners of the obverse image and the four group winners of the reverse image will be included in the finals.

    The voting on the first four groups will run for one week. The final tally will include the votes from both NGC and PCGS message boards. The final group will also run one week. Contestants with the most votes for obverse and reverse images will each receive $100, although it is possible for one person to walk away with $200. No names will be used until the voting is over.

    If anyone still has to send me their images, please PM me.
  • DieClashDieClash Posts: 3,688 ✭✭✭
    Color? What Color? image

    Off to lehigh96 tomorrow. Good luck dude image



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  • crazyhounddogcrazyhounddog Posts: 14,055 ✭✭✭✭✭
    image The contest must be getting close , so I just thought this image would be appropriate....image
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  • robecrobec Posts: 6,830 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Morgansforever should be receiving the coin this week, with one person remaining after.
  • morgandollar1878morgandollar1878 Posts: 4,006 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Robec, you haven'thad this coin in hand for over 6 months. Are you feeling any kind of separation anxiety yet?image
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  • BochimanBochiman Posts: 25,556 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Robec, you haven'thad this coin in hand for over 6 months. Are you feeling any kind of separation anxiety yet?image >>



    I hope it's been long enough since he's seen it that he won't realize I substituted a 2009 proof lincoln for it image

    I've been told I tolerate fools poorly...that may explain things if I have a problem with you. Current ebay items - Nothing at the moment

  • robecrobec Posts: 6,830 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Actually it's been closer to 8 months. It was gone all of Sept, Oct, Nov, Dec and now in the middle of the 4th month this year. I know the coin looks the same, by the pics I've seen, but the slab looks like it was exposed to some heat. Looks like it will need to be re-slabbed. I'm definitely looking forward to getting it back.

    gasket area before

    image

    gasket area now

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    image
  • morgandollar1878morgandollar1878 Posts: 4,006 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Actually it's been closer to 8 months. It was gone all of Sept, Oct, Nov, Dec and now in the middle of the 4th month this year. I know the coin looks the same, by the pics I've seen, but the slab looks like it was exposed to some heat. Looks like it will need to be re-slabbed. I'm definitely looking forward to getting it back.

    gasket area before

    image

    gasket area now

    image
    image >>





    Whoa, that's nuts. I wonder at what point that happened. I know that it was not like that when I recieved it in the mail.
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  • blu62vetteblu62vette Posts: 11,943 ✭✭✭✭✭
    OK who was using the 500w photofloods?

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  • crazyhounddogcrazyhounddog Posts: 14,055 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Actually it's been closer to 8 months. It was gone all of Sept, Oct, Nov, Dec and now in the middle of the 4th month this year. I know the coin looks the same, by the pics I've seen, but the slab looks like it was exposed to some heat. Looks like it will need to be re-slabbed. I'm definitely looking forward to getting it back.

    gasket area before

    image

    gasket area now

    image
    image >>


    image
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  • Wow! It was not like that when I had it a few weeks back.
  • messydeskmessydesk Posts: 20,276 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Ooh, that smarts. Back when the PO was irradiating a bunch of stuff to kill all the mail-borne anthrax, a friend had a silver dollar arrive with the Mylar from the 2x2 melted to it.
  • robecrobec Posts: 6,830 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Ooh, that smarts. Back when the PO was irradiating a bunch of stuff to kill all the mail-borne anthrax, a friend had a silver dollar arrive with the Mylar from the 2x2 melted to it. >>



    Uh oh!! Maybe it will be more colorful when it gets back. Another contest!!!
  • I had a coin in a similar gasket... I never realized it was not like that when it went into the holder.
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  • morgansforevermorgansforever Posts: 8,470 ✭✭✭✭✭
    That's what it looked like when I received it, my pics too.
    I emailed Bob pronto, appears it came in contact with heat of some sort.
    My pics are horrible.
    scott
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  • BECOKABECOKA Posts: 16,961 ✭✭✭
    I'm guessing someone tried a 50mm lens and some really hot lamps inbetween the slab and the lens to get that gasket to melt.
  • DieClashDieClash Posts: 3,688 ✭✭✭


    << <i>That's what it looked like when I received it, my pics too.
    I emailed Bob pronto, appears it came in contact with heat of some sort.
    My pics are horrible.
    scott >>



    Same here. I just figured that was how it was originally slabbed image

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  • BochimanBochiman Posts: 25,556 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I'm guessing someone tried a 50mm lens and some really hot lamps inbetween the slab and the lens to get that gasket to melt. >>



    Oops...
    I didn't see any warning stickers not to do that image

    I've been told I tolerate fools poorly...that may explain things if I have a problem with you. Current ebay items - Nothing at the moment

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