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Some Cool Major Error Coins That I Photographed Today

ctf_error_coinsctf_error_coins Posts: 15,433 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited April 16, 2018 4:48PM in U.S. Coin Forum

Thought I would share these. Sure is a lot of work Photographing these. Enjoy.

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  • davids5104davids5104 Posts: 805 ✭✭✭✭

    i am soooo sad now that after I just posted how good my 2 light system is working that you have to blow me away with your skills!!! You are amazing

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  • ctf_error_coinsctf_error_coins Posts: 15,433 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @davids5104 said:
    i am soooo sad now that after I just posted how good my 2 light system is working that you have to blow me away with your skills!!! You are amazing

    Thank you, I am a professional photographer of 40 years. It IS a skill.

    IMO, It is a skill that is paramount for today's internet dealers.

  • BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nice... On;y way to get better if you could shave 70 years off the date ;)

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  • jtlee321jtlee321 Posts: 2,365 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Fabulous coins and amazing imaging!!

    Justin Lee Numismatic Photography



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  • coinsarefuncoinsarefun Posts: 21,757 ✭✭✭✭✭

    What coin pictures????? I just see finger bowls and mushed up stuff :p:p:D:DB)
    Beyond freaking cool

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  • cladkingcladking Posts: 28,731 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The errors are cool he photography great!

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  • ctf_error_coinsctf_error_coins Posts: 15,433 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @coinsarefun said:
    What coin pictures????? I just see finger bowls and mushed up stuff :p:p:D:DB)
    Beyond freaking cool

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  • crazyhounddogcrazyhounddog Posts: 14,068 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Those are all very cool. B) Thanks for sharing.

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  • ACopACop Posts: 1,479 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I like the struck thru cloth stuff. I think you have 1 on ebay.

  • fcloudfcloud Posts: 12,133 ✭✭✭✭

    Sweet. Looks like fun to photograph.

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  • ctf_error_coinsctf_error_coins Posts: 15,433 ✭✭✭✭✭

    PCGS just fixed this one (silver on the label) for free and mailed back and USPS delivered it on Sunday?, way to go PCGS and USPS!

  • WoodenJeffersonWoodenJefferson Posts: 6,491 ✭✭✭✭

    Oh my!

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  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 32,732 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Neat stuff!

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  • ctf_error_coinsctf_error_coins Posts: 15,433 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited April 16, 2018 6:23PM

    @Broadstruck said:
    Nice... On;y way to get better if you could shave 70 years off the date ;)

    That was a decision that you know I made long ago.

    I can get soooo much more bang for the buck with major modern mint errors.

    The exception, of course, are Sacagawea Errors of which I have already sold most of, but not all of my really nice stuff.

  • JimnightJimnight Posts: 10,846 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Totally 100% perfect photos and mind blowing errors!!!

  • hyf88hyf88 Posts: 294 ✭✭✭

    GREAT pictures!!!

  • SmudgeSmudge Posts: 9,822 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @ErrorsOnCoins your photography skills are impressive. I'm guessing you learned on film before everything was set on automatic. People working in archives are worried about how digital imagery will stand the test of time, but they have to think I terms of hundreds of years.

  • ctf_error_coinsctf_error_coins Posts: 15,433 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited April 16, 2018 6:44PM

    @Smudge said:
    @ErrorsOnCoins your photography skills are impressive. I'm guessing you learned on film before everything was set on automatic. People working in archives are worried about how digital imagery will stand the test of time, but they have to think I terms of hundreds of years.

    Yes, 4x5 sheet film, on a 4x5 view camera, I am really old school.

    I use digital now and always use the manual settings on the camera as I to want to tell the camera what to do and not vice versa.

    I have scanned most of my best 4x5s into the digital format.

    I do not have concerns about saving digital files. I have 6 or 7 external hard drives, some of which are buried underground away from fire danger in a watertight container. The files must be loaded to new multiple hard drives as time goes on. The curators of my files would want to do the same.

  • SmudgeSmudge Posts: 9,822 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I used a Hassleblad 500cm with a polariod back to get it right, then film. I'm sure your files are well stored, but 100 years from now who knows if there will be a way to read them. Probably, but who knows. Matthew Brady negs are still printable. Too bad Kodachrome is gone. As you know it was a 3 layer b&w film and the colors were added in processing making it very archival. Dad shot some in Europe in the early 1950's and the slides look like they were shot yesterday. B& w is most archival but not good for coins. Hopefully digital will stand the test of time. You transitioned to digital very well. I just didn't like it and retired after about 10 years of it. Burned out on photography anyway. Over 30 years was enough. Keep it up.

  • Type2Type2 Posts: 13,985 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Very cool.



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  • ctf_error_coinsctf_error_coins Posts: 15,433 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited April 16, 2018 9:04PM

    Thanks all. How about tonight's photoshoot .........

  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Simply amazing. I am not an error collector, but they do intrigue me. Between your superb photography and incredible error coins, I am speechless. How all these amazing coins got out of the mint is just another part of collecting errors. Thank you for these incredible pictures of interesting error coins. Cheers, RickO

  • FredWeinbergFredWeinberg Posts: 5,925 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Great photos - clear, sharp, large, good lighting, etc.

    ....and the errors are wonderful too - what's not to like ?

    Congrats on your skills, and thanks for sharing.

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  • messydeskmessydesk Posts: 20,299 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nice stuff!

    John
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  • chumleychumley Posts: 2,305 ✭✭✭✭

    great photos...... these coins were all released by our mint?

  • ctf_error_coinsctf_error_coins Posts: 15,433 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited April 17, 2018 7:40AM

    Thank you, Yes, all came from the US Mint.

    Some here always question how and why all these really cool error coins show up. Well, I will tell you.

    It is because this is the most professional coin forum in the world. It attracts the best people and coins.

    Only a handful of dealers carry this type of material. They gravitate to this site.

    These coins are extremely rare. The only reason you see them here in quantity is because I post them.

  • FredWeinbergFredWeinberg Posts: 5,925 ✭✭✭✭✭

    ....and I don't post photos, but I'm
    willing to show some great photos
    of errors on my iPad at coin shows!

    Retired Collector & Dealer in Major Mint Error Coins & Currency since the 1960's.Co-Author of Whitman's "100 Greatest U.S. Mint Error Coins", and the Error Coin Encyclopedia, Vols., III & IV. Retired Authenticator for Major Mint Errors for PCGS. A 50+ Year PNG Member.A full-time numismatist since 1972, retired in 2022.

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