Newp: 1862 Half Dime... Nicer Than Auction Photos

itsnotjustme · December 7, 2005 7:36AM

I bought this half dime off e-bay Auction Link. It had the big but blurred photos below. I received the coin today and the appearance is much nicer. The fields are highly reflective and mirror like. The toning is beautiful shades of light brown, blue, purple. I took decent photos, but on the new computer lack the software to convert to a reasonable size. If someone would be so kind as to offer, I could e-mail them for you to reduce and post. There are some light scratches in the obv right field that likely limited the grade to MS63, but I never even saw them until I brought out my loupe.

BlindedByEgo · December 7, 2005 8:20AM

Hey! I like it! How come nobody replied?

Your computer doesn't have Microsoft office picture manager? You can

even resize in windows picture viewer.

Good luck on those images, I look forward to seeing them.

Cladiator · December 7, 2005 8:28AM

I was watching that coin and had intentions of making a go for it. Ended up having a brain fart and not being near the computer when it closed. Guess that's another example of why it can be bad to snipe

Nice coin bud.

NumisOxide · December 7, 2005 8:36AM

Looks nice, even though the images are blurry. I like that type of toning it has.

stman · December 7, 2005 9:10AM

<< <i>I could e-mail them for you t >>

I'll try and help you out by hosting them for you and either posting it, or give you a link. PM sent.

stman · December 7, 2005 9:30AM

I just cut your pics on here and put them on a back-round. Not sure if this is what you wanted?

Cladiator · December 7, 2005 9:32AM

<< <i>back-round >>

interesting word ST.

stman · December 7, 2005 9:35AM

Pic, Pic, Pic, I'm just a lowlife coin collector. I'll save all the sophistication for you know it alls. Man, that's what I get for trying to be a nice guy.
I told myself last time never again.

There, now I can kill this thread.

itsnotjustme · December 7, 2005 3:48PM

Better photos sent to stman....I was asleep long before you all started replying. It's a time zone thing.

I also used the November 10% off coupon, so picked this up just over $180.

markglicker · December 7, 2005 3:52PM

Nice coin.

stman · December 7, 2005 4:32PM

Here are his pictures, made a bit smaller LMAO. Hope this helps.

itsnotjustme · December 7, 2005 11:18PM

Cool... a half dime the size of a dinner plate!

Thanks stman.

ExtraordinaryCoins · December 7, 2005 11:28PM

If you are operating on a Windows system a great free photo editing software is Picasa, offered by Google. Granted not as full featured as Photoshop, but a great software for simple editing tasks, and downsizing photos for emails or posting your photos of coins on these message board. Simple and easy to learn and use, does an amazing job of automatically storing and organizing photos.

You can download it for free at www.Picasa.com

No I don't work for Google, or Picasa

carl · December 8, 2005 12:14AM

I've got a 21" monitor and that coin looks great. Would make a nice dinner plate. Now that I think of it how come no one has made dinner plates with coins on them. They make coasters for drinks that look like coins so why not dinner plates. Imagine a whole set with cups, saucers, plates, knives, forks, etc all with pictures of coins on them.

mgoodm3 · December 8, 2005 12:33AM

looks nice

Coxe · December 8, 2005 12:38AM

Here is my 1862 Half Dime. It is a PCGS MS65 and a Breen-3105, clashed with the date running uphill. I have not seen one finer. Any half dime specialists know of any certified above MS65 in a PCGS holder?

(Also, can I upload images directly into the post or only if they have a URL?)

tmot99 · December 8, 2005 12:55AM

NIce half dime. I'd like to see better lighting on your pictures to see the toning. I am assuming the coin really isn't golden as it appears.

itsnotjustme · December 8, 2005 1:08AM

How do you tell a proof vs. MS coin? The fields are mirror like. When held at an angle to the light, all the fields reflect at once like a proof.

The color is pretty close... really a rich golden brown. The areas that look very dark like through AMERICA on the obverse are that deep electric blue.

Looking more, if I had to guess on the coin raw, I would say proof. Not visible in the picture is a raised area from a die gouge running NNW from the top left corner of D in DIME... it ends just below the bottom left of H in HALF. The reverse is clashed, most visible to the right of F in HALF.

Newp: 1862 Half Dime... Nicer Than Auction Photos

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