A Photographic Year in Review - WARNING TONS OF IMAGES
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My, what a year it has been. I figured the board might enjoy a photographic look at what has been keeping me busy this year, even though this is only part of it all. Enjoy!
Happy New Year!
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That is a numismatic picture feat!
Wow, Alex.
You have taken some amazing photos of some incredible coins!!!
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Just super!
Thanks Buddy! That is a photographic gift to this Forum! I know you appreciate those pieces as much as anybody here! Nice work.
Those are all great photos of some very high end coins!
Does imaging such high end coins motivate you to collect only high end coins yourself? In other words, what types of coins do you personally collect and has that changed since you started photographing other people’s coins?
I’m mainly asking because I’m not as good as a photographer as you are, but I’ve always been good at editing coin images. About 20 years ago I helped out a high end collector of toned classic commemoratives by editing his images. It ended up making me not want to collect commemoratives because I couldn’t afford ones as nice as the images I was editing. To this day, I have very few commemoratives. I’m wondering if you are also influenced by imaging other people’s coins.
Mr_Spud
Fantastic coins and spectacular images! Nice job.
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Good question! Short answer - no.
Long answer - I actually find that a lot of what I image can be inspirational in a way. For example, I think everyone here will agree that most of the coins from the above are incredible, and they reside in some of the greatest collections that will ever be put together. For me, it's amazing to get to see those coins, and when you see finest known after finest known you get an eye for what truly is exceptional. That leads into what I myself can collect, and finding the best that I can afford. Photography has also helped me fund some of those pursuits.
For example, I've been able to image some of the best Proof Barber halves in existence. I recently just bought my first Proof Barber, and it's in a much more modest grade than the ones I've seen and imaged, but I still enjoy it just as much, if not more. I was able to see what to look for, and find that in somewhat lower grades. Here is that coin:
And it's counterpart from the Eldorado Collection:
I also find that it's important to remember that what matters is that you like the coins beyond the plastic/bean. The 1942 Proof set towards the end of my post was bought raw in original cello for $850. I sent it in, and it happened to grade out as the finest original set for the era. I've turned down offers for it that were several multiples of the original purchase price. So while it may seem that some coins are well outside of your collecting range, perhaps with the right amount of patience and knowledge you can find coins that match or surpass those incredibly high graded examples at a fraction of the cost. Obviously, this doesn't work for everything but in the context of your post (commemoratives) I absolutely believe a killer set can be built in MS65/66.
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Very Cool, thanks for answering.
Mr_Spud
Great images! Thanks for sharing.
That was awesome! It kept getting better and better! Great work and Happy New Year! ✅
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Fantastic brilliant job!! What I find really amazing, is that most of those coins were shot- through slabs? Exceptional photography of exceptional coins!!! Capturing the details with such perfect lighting and even capturing luster!!!!!!!
Some great images of some great coins. Thanks for sharing.
Stunning! Thanks for sharing.
Great pics - the coins are too shoddy either.
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Simply put WOW, just WOW. Beauties posted here. Now no need to ever chase these as they reside here on this thread.
Thanks for sharing all of the great photos. Hope to see you at a show in the future. Sorry you won't be at FUN.
That was a treat. I'll be sending you my ugly old widgets to photograph this year for sure!
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Awesome photography here!
My favorite coin has to be the DDR Franklin, I only have to zoom in a bit to see it!
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Love it! Absolutely stunning.
Great looking pics.
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Fantastic photography of some top shelve coins.
Thanks for posting!
Those are some insanely nice coins! I thought I was busy this past year, numismatically speaking, but you beat me by a mile!
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What a portfolio, irs been one heck of a year for you! I think the 1910 Satin proof Saint is my favorite, that one takes my breath away.
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Fantastic coins and coin photos. Kudos to FlyingAl for posting this thread.
The 1969 Proof Kennedy in the collage contained in the opening post looks very familiar
That's because the 1969 proof Kennedy is a POP 1 proof 70 DCAM that will never be repeated again. I was helping Eddie a few years ago make the number one set and we couldn't even have the owner reply to offers of $25,000 for that single coin about 20 years ago! As a Kennedy collector it's nice to actually see it finally. But, I also LOVE all the other coins even better. THANKS for sharing! I can't wait to see what you post for next years photos!
I have never imaged a PR70DCAM. I think the imaged coin is a 69DCAM. Thanks for the compliment though!
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The Kenney half dollar is a PF69DCAM and it resides in my collection (of course since ownership adds a point my opinion is that it is under graded and is really a PF70DCAM).
Ah, we all think that.
I think a lot of us who know the stories of a few of those 70DCAMs know why it's not necessarily wise to buy that particular flavor of plastic.
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I recall that a number of years ago a forum member submitted a 1968 S Proof Dime to our host for grading and was shocked to learn that his coin was graded PF70DCAM (still a POP 1 coin after many years). That was a heck of a cherry pick for him.
Making a cherry picked coin that grades out as a 70 is much preferable to buying a coin slabbed as a 70 at current market prices.
Oh, absolutely. There's also an incredibly high degree of subjectivity surrounding non-modern (pre-laser frost) PR70s, which makes them a tricky thing indeed.
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well done
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That’s almost too much eye candy to handle. Great pics!