Hussulo

Also if it is the Godless Florin it should be Spink 3891 and not Spink 4012? I'm in no doubt the seller is genuine and the pictured coin is what you will receive but a couple of typos in the description. Nice coin though.

I could be wrong but I dont think bronze coins are supposed to turn this colour http://cgi.ebay.com/UK-BRITIAN-1899-Q-V-RAINBOW-TONED-BRONZE-WORLD-COIN-/390225800163?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5adb452be3

It does look like a man made shape as opposed to a bit of grit and does look like one of the dots in a colon. I think it is in a strange place for an identification mark. One possibility is a dropped dot. Like a dropped letter error. I don't know if you've heard of this but you can see more here: http://www.ngccoin.com/news/viewarticle.aspx?IDArticle=557 Once the dropped letter or dot was moved onto the surface (field)of the obverse die, bearing in mind it may contain metal filling, small shavings etc it would leave an imprint on the die after the next planchet was fed in and struck.

He's had 12 offers. I might make him an offer of £20 see what he says.

Okay but is the design of one side incuse? Like these: http://www.coinsgb.com/Error_Coins/Brockage.html or are both the bust's raised? My guess is it is two heads sides of coins joined together. Often called a magicians coins. Check the edge for a joining line using a magnifying glass.

Would need to see a picture. It could double struck, a brockage or post mint damage. Whats the other side of the coin like?

I've seen several at local Antiques fairs. Usually copies of US trade dollars. Non appear to be real silver and are way to light even if picked up in hand I'm not even sure if the "dealers" know what they are selling as they are pricing them at around the silver price of a coin that size (around an ounce). Either they know they are copies but believe them to be silver or the think they are genuine but only worth silver value.

Oh dear! My grandfather used to own a pub and he once got one in the till, he died in 1968 anybody want to buy it from me? From what I can see amongst the blurry photos (giveaway or what) this one looks quite nicely done - the date looks pretty good and the dirt etc on the obverse gives a nice 'real' feel to it. But if you are going to fake or replicate a 1933 penny in order to deceive, what's with the huge reverse border teeth? Looking at this, I'm assuming its one of the very nice recent replicas, which go for around £14.99 or so, and which has been dirtied up to look older. If so, then I guess the designer wanted to provide something good enough to look right in a collection, for those who want a date filler, yet didn't want to make them so good that they enter the food chain and genuinely deceive. Am I right, or does anyone have a different take on it? A fool and their money.. If you are going to pay £1200 for a bunch of coins with blurry pictures and no guarantee of them being genuine (or purchasing them from a dealer) only a story about inheriting them then I can't muster up much sympathy I'm afraid.

I agree with all the points made hear. You really need to do your homework when buying expensive or rare coins on ebay. If you buy from a reputable dealer and they have a good returns policy you should be covered. If buying from ebay and from abroad returning coins can become tricky especially when a certain time passes but everyone seems to expect to find bargains on ebay. The trouble is quite a few of the Chinese counterfeits are die struck nowadays and I've seen some 1763 shillings offered by sellers in China that appear to be very good quality. If they use genuine silver and get the weight of the planchet right they will be even harder to tell from the real thing especially to a non expert. The other point to consider is what if they use real silver to strike not so rare coins. Perhaps coins valued at £100. They might slip under the radar even easier as you wouldn't expect a provenance with such coins. Heres an apparently fake US one being discussed on a US coin forum: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280546338960&ru=http%3A%2F%2Fshop.ebay.com%3A80%2F%3F_from%3DR40%26_trksid%3Dp3984.m570.l1313%26_nkw%3D280546338960%26_sacat%3DSee-All-Categories%26_fvi%3D1&_rdc=1 The winner probably thinks they have done great buying a multi thousand dollar coin for that price when in fact the coin would be worth $2ish. A lot of people are going to get there fingers burnt.

[quote name='HistoricCoinage' date='07 August 2010 - 07:02 PM' timestamp='1281204120' If that's what you get in your change up there, Hus, then I'm moving house!!!

A few more shots I took tonight.

PS it looks like there might be some nice colour on the obverse of that coin. I think I can make out some blues in the devices. Try a shot slightly angled (camera blow the coin at a lower angle) with the sunlight reflecting off the coin to try and capture the colour.

Your first attempt looks good John. I don't put it into macro, just shoot in Auto. Position it at any distance away from the coin lightly press the button and the camera will zoom in then once it has done so and stopped making a noise fully press the button to take the picture. I shoot a few free hand and it seems good to me unless I have very steady hands? The only option I tweak is to put the flash off.

I use Photoshop a lot, but didn't know about iPhoto. Thanks Peckris.

In the past I've had to modify the colour of images to get the picture of the coin to look like the sane as it does in hand. I don't believe in "juicing" an image to make a coin look better then it is. If you took a picture of a coin on a white background the background would always appear yellowish when you uploaded the picture onto the computer. I think it had something to do with the white balancing or lack of on my old camera With the my new Canon the image colour seems to be quite spot on straight away. PS if anyone is looking for a decent free photo software with a circle cropping tool you should try PhotoScape: My linkhttp://download.cnet.com/PhotoScape/3000-2192_4-10703122.html

No commission from Canon but if you do like it send £10 to ... Sorry no refunds given for advice. Seriously once you get it would be nice if you could take some snaps and share them with us and give us your verdict. Snaps of coins or salmo salar? The former is no problem, the latter may be a very long wait How are you finding it? I take it all of the pics on your site are from the canon? They are good crisp shots. Are you using a tripod or flying solo? Yes, I'd be interested to know this too. What accessories do people use to photo coins in an absolutely flat plane at right angles to the lens? I meant the coins but pics of a Salmon would be nice. I used a tripod and coins on a flat surface.I sometimes tilt a coin to get a better reflection of its surface, particularly to capture colourful coins. I'm thinking about buying a couple of daylight bulbs/ lights but at the moment found the best option is natural day light. I've got a small piece of glass which I am going to attempt to use for taking picture of proofs through. Has anyone seen this site? it has some good tips for coin Photography: http://www.blackmountaincoins.com/coins/My-Approach-to-Coin-Photography/subpage201.html

No commission from Canon but if you do like it send £10 to ... Sorry no refunds given for advice. Seriously once you get it would be nice if you could take some snaps and share them with us and give us your verdict.

The pictures of the slab are on a white background, well my window sill which is white. Maybe not as white as a piece of paper mind you. I haven't had much time to have a play about with it but if I can take any on a white background. I'll post the. PS it is hard to shoot through slabs as you always seem to get a reflection.

I'm sure if I set up a stand and better lighting the pictures would be even better I am very impressed with this camera. Build Quality: 3.5/5 its nice and light but feels a bit plasticy and cheap. Picture Quality: 4.5/5 maybe not a DSLR but for a cheap point and shoot its great. Ease of use: 4.5/5 I didn't even get a manual with it but don't need one, easy to use. Highly recommender for a cheap coin imaging camera with no real need for any add ons or bolt ons.

and my 1644 back from CGS yesterday. I wanted to image it before it went back to the bank today.

Some more taken again without a stand and no tweaking or colour editing used. These are straight from the camera I have only cropped the edges:

For anyone looking for an easy to use cheap (mine was £50 second hand) point and shoot camera I would highly recommend this! This was my first shot no stand just free hand and no lens attachments. The only thing I had to do was slightly depress the button to take the picture which focused in the image and then fully pressed the button to take the picture. The bottom of the coin is slightly out of focus as I wasn't directly above it but the colour has come out accurate:

Welcome to the forum Bob.

You guys are penny collectors and I don't really focus on them but do you think its EF? I would say more good VF, seems like there's to much wear on the hair and some around the ear and above the eye to be EF to me? I would say the reverse is the same good VF?