My Toned Peace $ Collection Part I 1921-1923 (lots of big pics)

FrattLaw · May 30, 2004 5:43PM

I've started photographing my toned Peace $ so I can finally post the pics for Registry purposes.

Here's the first 5 coins. Actually I'm quite pleased with these pics. These are quite good representations of what the coins actually look like. My only complaint is the glare off the slabs. If anyone can help me clean them up a bit and make them nicer -- I'll throw ya a toned Canadian Proof Set.

Thanks for looking,
Michael

Hadleydog · May 30, 2004 7:07PM

Nice coins!

Let's see some more!

Sequitur · May 30, 2004 8:10PM

This stuff works great. You can pick it up at the Container Store or local stores. Or get that Scratchaway stuff from one of the peeps on the boards.

razorface1027 · May 30, 2004 9:04PM

Nice pics Mike. I especially like numero uno pic...The dollar too. What does it grade?

Gonfunko · May 30, 2004 9:06PM

I took out the slab, combined obverse and reverse, and resized them to registry size, so that they're all under 100K. Is this better?

Sorry they're not all quite the same length, but since they display each picture in the registry individually, it shouldn't matter too much. Hope this helps! Also, those are some very nice Peace dollars! Would you mind sharing the grades with us?

cosmicdebris · May 30, 2004 10:06PM

Not much I could do about the glare. But I think they will work.

darktone · May 30, 2004 10:18PM

Don't use the Ott lights and the blue-ish tint will go away. I think someone was showing how to use a piece of glass angled over the slab to help cut down on the glare in another thread- if I can remember the name of the thread I will post it in a link for you. mike

FrattLaw · May 31, 2004 1:21AM

Everytime I post a pic, Cosmic makes it nicer -- thanks!

Gunfunko, thanks but I prefer Cosmic's white background. Nice job though. Better than I could have done!

Mike -- I don't use OTT lights, these were taken using reveal bulbs and I did use the angle glass technique. Unfortunately, it brought out the color, but I had to angle the glass so that the light really hit the coin well. Doing this caused the glare. Its a trade off -- less color, darker pic or a more colorful brighter pic with glare. I just don't know how to get rid of the glare using the editor.

These are the first 5. I've got 17 more to go. As I take additional pics, I'll post them here.

It's nice to be able to share these finally.

Thanks again,
Michael

WWW · May 31, 2004 1:42AM

Hi Michael,

I use natural light late in the day from a north facing window to cut down on the glare coming off the slab.
Last night for instance, I shot a few images at 6:30 PM and they turned out pretty good. Give it a try.

Bill

cosmicdebris · May 31, 2004 1:53AM

I have been been using a regular clear 100 watt bulb and tilting the glass a different angles as well as moving the light around to get the best shot.

darktone · May 31, 2004 2:07AM

cosmicdebris- I think you did a great job with those pictures! mike

Shamika · May 31, 2004 2:16AM

Fratlaw,

The reverse of that first 1922 dollar is unbelievable!

fcloud · May 31, 2004 2:22AM

Nice coins, nice photos; what else could I say!

CoinAddict · May 31, 2004 2:22AM

Those coins are SWEET!!! Very nice collection, Michael.

mgoodm3 · May 31, 2004 2:24AM

Nice coins.

bennybravo · May 31, 2004 2:28AM

Very Nice!

Numismanic · May 31, 2004 2:29AM

Very nice coins Michael!

coinguy1 · May 31, 2004 2:57AM

Michael, I've teased you about your "ugly toned Peace dollars"

for a LONG time. But, after seeing your great pics, I thought perhaps I'd say something nice about them

.......... then again, the thought of doing that is extremely painful.....

maybe another time.....

...like now........ I might delete this part of my post at a future date, but, your (very pretty, not ugly) toned Peace dollars really do look good!

FrattLaw · May 31, 2004 4:00AM

<< The reverse of that first 1922 dollar is unbelievable! >>

That's a Binion MS65* -- I think it's the highest graded toned 1922 Binion and quite possible the highest for all Binions. If anyone has a nicely toned Binion graded higher I would love to see a pic of it. Theres a MS64 that I've seen, and its a beautiful coin as well.

Thanks for all the compliments and a special thank you to Cosmic for helping me out with this!!!!

Off to the Goldberg auction ---

Michael

cosmicdebris · May 31, 2004 4:02AM

Pick me up one the the Gilt 1797 Cartwheels from the Goldberg auction.

PTVETTER · May 31, 2004 4:10AM

There isn't too many toned peace dollars out there.

I like the 1923

They must really be something in person

oldcameoproofsguy · May 31, 2004 4:46AM

I really like toned Peace dollars. Nice ones!

jom · May 31, 2004 5:22AM

Yeah, I agree with Shamika. The 22-P with the white obverse and toned Rev is amazing!

Good job!

jom

stman · May 31, 2004 2:04PM

So finally we get to see some of these. They look pretty decent Frattlaw. Hey I got 1 more to go to complete my high grade Monster toned Peace$ set. Heh.... got you didn't I? Congratulations on coming close to finishing your set, BUT, Is that it? Let's see the big boy's or girls.

FrattLaw · May 31, 2004 2:36PM

<< BUT, Is that it? Let's see the big boy's or girls >>

I can't play in your end of the pool yet. I wish I could afford some of the coins that you post. Someday, I just got to work my way up that hill.

The MS66 and MS67s are too far out of my price range. So I do what I can. Its the only set @ NGC with two * Peace $. I guess that's a minor accomplishment. And, like I said I'm pretty sure I got the highest graded toned Binion. And I think I have the only NGC graded rainbow toned Redfield Peace $.

To everyone -- Thanks, again, for all the compliments.

More pics are on the way.

Michael

stman · May 31, 2004 2:51PM

Man, I wasn't talking about prices and grades and * coins. Besides * coins are NOT grades anyway. But I do notice these days folks want to count them in the pops as hype. Frattlaw, I was only kidding and meant the "Big boy's or girl's" as in color. Touch touchy.

Edit to add.... the coins you posted are very nice and I meant no harm with my previous post. Enjoy your set.

Baley · June 1, 2004 8:49AM

beautiful coins, nice pics

next time you photograph them, try covering the slab above the coin with something non-reflective, such as a piece of neutral or dark colored cloth. not enough to obscure the coin, but place the curved edge of the cloth near the edge of the coin to minimize the glare from the part of the plastic that you're going to crop out of the picture anyway. Then move your lights and camera around to get your best representation (as you obviously did to get these)

or, crack the coins out; they're hella easy to photograph raw

FrattLaw · June 1, 2004 2:48PM

<< or, crack the coins out; they're hella easy to photograph raw >>

Sometimes I'm tempted to do that.

Thanks for the advice,

Michael

jom · June 1, 2004 2:53PM

<< or, crack the coins out; they're hella easy to photograph raw >>

You know, I originally thought this myself but trying to photograph a raw coin is a pain in the ass. When I take pictures I need to angle the coin to get just the right colors into the lense. My set up is such that I have to angle the coin (I can't angle the camera) so trying to do this with a raw coin is difficult and possibly harmful to the coin. Especially a smaller coins such as a dime or nickel. It's easier to angle with a slab. But, then again, much of the problem is getting rid of that damn glare from the slab itself. ARGH!

Then there are the headaches coming from trying to photo NGC slabbed coins which screws up the iris. ACK!

jom

nucksgal · June 1, 2004 3:12PM

Beautiful coins.

Baley · June 1, 2004 4:56PM

You know, I originally thought this myself but trying to photograph a raw coin is a pain in the ass. When I take pictures I need to angle the coin to get just the right colors into the lense. My set up is such that I have to angle the coin (I can't angle the camera) so trying to do this with a raw coin is difficult and possibly harmful to the coin. Especially a smaller coins such as a dime or nickel. It's easier to angle with a slab. But, then again, much of the problem is getting rid of that damn glare from the slab itself. ARGH!

to photograph raw coins, carefully place them in the rubber insert from an NGC slab, (without the clear plastic covering) and then tilt that as needed, to show the colors, with no plastic glare

edited to add: not really serious, Michael, as I guess this is a registry set and would need to stay slabbed.

jom · June 2, 2004 1:11AM

<< to photograph raw coins, carefully place them in the rubber insert from an NGC slab, >>

I'm sure that could work but the problem then is the WHITE slab. I have real difficulties with the white NGC slab, it screws up the aperature on the lense...I do, however, need to learn more about the "manual" mode on my camera. Bascially, I need a better set-up....

jom

MacCoin · June 2, 2004 2:28AM

I been looking for a nice raw 21 @ a price I can afford for the last 3 years.

ccrdragon · June 2, 2004 3:08AM

Baley has the trick - just don't use the white insert from NGC - crack a PCGS slab and use the opaque/clear insert from that slab. Tried it this weekend with some copper coins and I am getting much better pics where the coin stands out great!!

BigGreek · June 2, 2004 3:26AM

Great coins. Care to share the grades?

My Toned Peace $ Collection Part I 1921-1923 (lots of big pics)

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