Ron Pope
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I'm new to this site.
I had seen a post, about Ron Pope earlier and then me trying to register I messed up and deleted all of my past sites, that I wanted to respond.
I can't remember who had posted a link, about Ron Pope and buffalo nickels.
My name is Bert and I had met Ron at a local coin shop many years ago and we started talking and he helped me learn about buffalo nickels and I have been hooked on them ever since.
I had collected mainly silver dollars before and looked for and found many VAMS.
Ron had given me one of his 'The Abraded Die Varieties of Buffalo Nickels book' a LONG time ago.
https://archive.org/details/buffalonickelsab2006ronp
I had visited Ron and his wife many times, showing each other our different recent buffalo nickel finds.
At 81 now and living alone and Ron's passing several years ago, I don't have anyone to talk to, about the buffalo nickels.
I have pictures of my 'super clashed' and gem unc 1916 S buffalo nickel, that I had found many years ago, but I don't see were I can attach pictures of it.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you Bert
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Howdy Bert and welcome to the forums.
If you have images you want to share with your posts then you should embed them into the body of the text box. I will walk you through it, but there are two main ways.
1) As you type you will see a series of symbols or icons above the text box. The last in the series looks like a landscape photo of a mountain with perhaps the moon or sun to the left of it.
2) Click on that mountain symbol and a pop-up will prompt you to choose the file on your computer that you want to share. It will say "Choose File".
3) Alternatively, if the image is already online, simply paste the image URL (address) into the "Image URL" box.
The second and easier way, in my opinion, is to simply drag an image from your computer and drop it into the text box. If you do that then it will upload into the box (it may take a few seconds to do so) and it will be viewable in your post.
Good luck!
In honor of the memory of Cpl. Michael E. Thompson
that will get you started.
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ignore the noise and drink in the real chat
THANK YOU!
I clicked one picture, from My Pictures and dragged it over to your space and released the mouse, but it didn't post in the space there.
It can sometimes take a couple of days after registering for your permission to upload photos to be granted. Try again later in the week.
Welcome!
chopmarkedtradedollars.com
OKAY, THANK YOU AGAIN.
Thank you again, I hope the files below show up as pictures when I post it
Here is a beautiful ungraded 1916 S buffalo nickel, that I had seen online many years ago and couldn't believe my eyes and bought it right away.
In addition to being a 1916 S in GEM UNC condition, it has some of the strongest clashes, that I have seen so far.
It is not graded.
Look at the STRONG EBU, from the top of the buffalo's back, under the Indian's jaw, the top of the shoulder, of the buffalo's neck and shoulder running, from the reverse running behind the Indian's neck, up to the bottom on the feathers, a diagonal clash running up, from the Indian's nose, from the back on the buffalo's hind leg and also as a bonus the strong spider-like die breaks running all around and through the date.
On the reverse, you can see the Indian's neck and jaw lines, running through the EPU letters, on the top on the buffalo's back.
great clash!
try starting a new thread with titles like 1916 S Buffalo Nickel with Prominent Die Clash
and the buff fans will be looking at it eventually, and probably the clash fans too
Wow. I also met and was friends with Ron thru the buffalo nickel coins. I truly miss him. I bought my copy of his "Abraided Die Varieties..." That is one wild 16S and most certainly a "super clash". Truly a great collector piece. Congrats. Stick around and enjoy the forum and I know you will be appreciated for your hobby. Thanks for joining.
Jim
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Oh wow! Reminding me of Ron - I lived a little bit West of him in Ohio. He was into Monarch butterflies and I sent him some Milkweed plant's - shortly after that then he passed - it was a sudden shock. He sent me both of his books and was a great guy! Miss him for sure.
"When they can't find anything wrong with you, they create it!"
Your 16 is from a very worn die -
Here is an overlay.......
"When they can't find anything wrong with you, they create it!"
That's a fabulous 1916-S Buffalo!
In honor of the memory of Cpl. Michael E. Thompson
This is your prior post, from August 2023:
https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/1094572/1916-s-strongly-clashed-buffalo-nickel
I love the die cracks / breaks around the date. Looks like something I would see in a horror movie +++
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another oldie but goodie
https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/1076105/crazy-hound-dog
Welcome!
Nice coin
Calling @crazyhounddog
Very cool clash on a very late die state obverse. Looks like the reverse die was a little newer.
I also miss Ron, I never met him in person but I did talk with him there through PM semi-regularly. I have a copy of his strike analysis book which I reference from time to time.
Hopefully it isn't considered in bad taste, but I wonder what happened to his collection. He had some really nice coins, including (I think) a complete set of Matte proofs.
Collector, occasional seller
Ron was a great guy and he was always willing to share anything and everything he knew, which of course, was very unselfish of him.
I met him here in 2004 when he replied to one of my posts. We've been friends ever since.
Pete
I never met Ron in person, but spoke with him often. I was interested in Abraded Die Buffalo nickels, bought his book, was very impressed with it, then I asked him if I could sell it on my website. He agreed, and we sold a lot of books. Whenever I had a new find, he was very interested in examining photos of it. Miss him a lot.
An authorized PCGS dealer, and a contributor to the Red Book.
Bert,
Send me a PM please. I’ve been sending you messages to your email but I never get a response. Have you changed you email address?
Please do send me a PM here on this forum.
Take care now,
Joe
Hey Joe, I was SO GLAD to hear from you.
Being new to this website, I'm not sure what a PM is and what to do and how to send you a PM.
Yes my Windows 10 laptop crashed and I had bought a new Windows 11 laptop and went with Spectrum and got a new Yahoo email address.
At 81 years old now I had forgotten the P/W and even had to register again, with a different Yahoo email address.
Somehow I had also deleted my TEXT file, that I had all of everyone's emails saved on.
I'm still trying to find it.
I had called Best Buy Geek squad and they took control of my laptop and tried for over two hours, but no luck.
Please let me know and step by step on how to PM you.
With this new Laptop, I did learn how to TEXT.
Bert
Bert,
To send a PM (Private Message),
you first click on crazyhounddog's name in his post just above.
This will open his "user page".
Then look near the upper right hand corner and you should see a blue Message link.
Click on that blue Message link to send him a PM.
Here is a short cut if you can't get the above to work.
https://forums.collectors.com/messages/add/crazyhounddog
Thank you @yosclimber. That is how you do it Bert. I hope to hear from you soon.
I will now send you a PM.
Welcome to the forum, Bert. Ron Pope was one of the good guys for sure. I would see him at local shows and he'd stop into the Eastlake coin shop I worked in, always on the hunt for Buffalo Nickels and always willing to share what he had learned from years in the trenches.
That 16-S with the clash is really nice, showpiece quality.
"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety," --- Benjamin Franklin
Superb buff.
Lots of buffalo experts here that can help you! Lovely clash! This is my 16S, NGC MS65*
Hello Bert
m\y name is Tom Arch and I lived just a couple of miles from Ron's house and I met him in Akron Ohio when I was 52
and that would be 1997. We both were avid buffalo nickel collectors. We kind of feeded off of each other as to the buffalo
nickel varieties and you may call on me any time you need to talk buffalo nickels. I am willing to talk to anyone and
and share the information I have accumulated over the past 60 years or so with anyone who needs to talk. I will be 80
at the end of June so we are about the same age. Ron and I used to run around with each other on weekends and we
would go to coin shows together even some out of state. He was with me when I cherrypicked a 1915 matte proof
buffalo nickel which graded out at a pr62 in Indianapolis and I was with him when he cherried an 1888 over 7 overdate, the big one when we stopped at a shop in Michigan may years ago, probably in the late 1990ies.
Hello to all!
Tom Arch
a.k.a "The BUFFINATOR"
Hello Tom Arch,
I think, that I remember Ron talking about you a long time ago.
I remember driving up to Ron's home and visiting him and Collen and showing Ron, a buffalo nickel or two, that I had just found and getting his opinion.
I tried to send you a PM, but after clicking your ID, I don't see a 'blue box' near the top right of the screen, to click.
I live just north of Wadsworth and my email address is bhinkle65123@yahoo.com.
Ron had told me about Joe ' crazyhounddog' and we had talked via emails, over the years.
I've been trying to send Joe a PM, with my new email address, with no luck.
I was trying to contact Joe, via a PM, but I'm not having much luck, so far.
I'm not sure if I know how to see a PM, or how to open and read it.
To many brain surgeries, at the Wade Park VA hospital, back in 1969 and again in 1982.
I had found and bought all of the proof buffalo nickels, in nice grades.
Before meting Ron, at an old coin shop, Chet's coins, in Akron, a long time ago, I had collected only Morgan and Peace silver dollars and looked for VAMS.
Please email me, I don't have anyone to talk to, about buffalo nickels anymore, since Ron passed away.
Bert Hinkle
Bert,
Did you make these photo overlays (with high res photo and black arrows added),
or did Ron Pope make them?
Making them is a nice skill to have, but not everyone can do it.
At least you have saved the photo files where you can find them,
and you have figured out how to include them in a forum post here.
When I had my old Windows 10, I was able to insert the DVD into it and use my Digital microscope to take these picture and I think my older laptop had things to click, when I opened the pictures, to add different things, like the arrows
After thinking about it for awhile, Ron had told me, about how to scan my coins and at that time he recommended the Microtek 5600, but that model could only be used on older computers and Windows XP
On adding the arrows, Ron had told me about a 'photo shop' download and that is what I had used to add the arrows to my closeup pictures, that I had taken, with the digital microscope, that I was able to use on my older laptop Windows 10.
It has been a LONG time ago and I'm glad, that I had saved some of those pictures.
I hope this helps, Bert
The arrows you added are very nice.
It's a bummer when the latest version of computers is actually a downgrade.
There's a phrase - "Do you have the latest downgrade?"
I was searching for a free Photo Shop to install on my laptop Windows 11.
Below is what I have found so far.
I too would like to be able to add arrows to my saved photos, like before.
I think all of these are FREE trial only, then you have to pay, I think.
Bert
https://search.yahoo.com/yhs/search;_ylt=AwrNYSZtUj1oGgIAUkYPxQt.;_ylc=X1MDMjExNDcwMDU1OQRfcgMyBGZyA3locy1wdHktYnJvd3Nlcl93YXZlYnJvd3NlcgRmcjIDc2ItdG9wBGdwcmlkA1hrY1QyV1FGUlJTVFowaXc3T0FvdkEEbl9yc2x0AzAEbl9zdWdnAzAEb3JpZ2luA3NlYXJjaC55YWhvby5jb20EcG9zAzAEcHFzdHIDBHBxc3RybAMwBHFzdHJsAzQ4BHF1ZXJ5A2VsaXRlYmFiZXMuY29tJTIwZmlybSUyMHlvdW5nJTIwJTIwc21hbGwlMjBwb2ludGVkJTIwbmlwcGxlcwR0X3N0bXADMTc0ODg0OTA2MQ--?p=elitebabes.com+firm+young++small+pointed+nipples&fr=yhs-pty-browser_wavebrowser&type=A1-brwsr-~2024-41~&hspart=pty&hsimp=yhs-browser_wavebrowser&param1=20241008&param2=e2840c03-5965-49a6-b00f-6a0ceac31463&param3=wav~US~appfocus1~&param4=d-cp21490715163-lp0-obem-wav-igPuXzTSjiFoSajrRpQ-ab51-w64-capn-ineco1-spqlgroup-cart-brwsr-obx~Chrome~elitebabes.com+firm+young+pointed+titties~B2D7D7656EB4E5153688637C8FBF7B49~Win10&fr2=sb-top
SORRY! I didn't know it included all of my searches.
Just the first four lines, I think.
NO, I think the first four lines are my search of Yahoo email.
Maybe someone could PLEASE help me find a free Photo Shop.
Hi Bert,
I use 2 different free image editors for coin photos on WIndows.
1. Irfanview . I use this for most operations, like viewing, cropping (rectangular and circular), appending photos side by side or top to bottom, enlargement (I use a factor of 2 sometimes), flipping, rotating, JPG compression (I use 93%, which reduces file size and I don't see a loss in quality), and color adjustment. I tried it just now to add arrows; see below. It is fairly simple to use and does not have a layer structure like Photoshop.
https://www.irfanview.com/
2. GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program). I use this for overlaying text (using layers). It can add arrows. But I choose to instead add a number near the point of interest and then add a caption below the photo and refer to the number. It is a lot more complicated than Irfanview, so I would try Irfanview first to see if it can do all you want.
https://www.gimp.org/
Some people use Photoscape. I have not tried it, as the above do everything I need.
http://www.photoscape.org/ps/main/index.php
Here is an example of how I use numbers instead of arrows. I added the numbers using GIMP. Irfanview can also add text, but it does not use layers, so undos are limited. This is the 1854-O V-1 half dime.
Here I added some arrows with Irfanview (use the F12 key and then the double ended arrow button; I used Shift to constrain most of the arrows to 90 degree line orientations). They are somewhat crude. You can right-click on the double ended arrow button to change the height and width of the arrow head, which I did on the rightmost arrow. You can control their color and whether or not the head is filled. You also have limited undos, since it's not a layer based editor.
I'm sure GIMP has more ways to control the arrow size and shape, but it is more complicated.