Hussulo

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:

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?

Hi Stacey, What you have could be a penny struck on a foreign planchet (different coin blank, metal). Or I don't know if you know this but since 1992 copper plated steel has been used to produce pennies, so perhaps the copper plating has come off or wasn't correctly applied to the blank before striking. Regards, Hus

As 1949 says the mint mark is just left of the date you can see a picture on my site here: http://www.coinsgb.com/George_V/6-Penny.html

Welcome to the forum. It should be fun researching them.

My best buy was an early US coin for $300, which I thought was a rare die variety. After purchasing it and doing some research I found out it was. 6-8 months I later sold it through a specialist US dealer, he took 10% for finding a buyer and my cut was $7,650. I did well on gold coins I purchased a few years back which I recently sold. Not huge amounts but ones I bought for £80-£150 I sold for £150-£250 thanks partly to the hike in gold. I've made some losses too but overall I've done well out of the hobby even though my aim isn't to make money, I collect for fun.

They are all nice but if you hadn't shown the prices I would have still picked the top one. More detail a nice tone and fuller flan on the top one.

This is one I used to own. Lovely natural toning with a lot of lustre showing through:

I believe this is an example of natural bronze toning. I'm really pleased with this coin:- Thats a nice one 1949threepence. here's one I shared not to long ago probably envelope tonning but it does have some lovely blues and gold in it: 1696 William III Sixpence, first bust, early harp, large crowns

I wouldn't recommend: dandruff shampoo- left a brownish toned all over coin bleach- left green circles on the coin nail poish remover- went a lovely shade of blue jack daniels- nothing apart from being a bit more shiney smoke- little brown dots but smelled bad as I think the coins will look cleaned/ stripped if using dandruff shampoo or bleach. and the rest of the things you've tried will look artificially toned. I have tried and successfully used yellow sulphur powder to tone an edge knock/scratched on a copper coin. I made a paste mixing the sulphur powder in a little water (apparently you can use Vaseline too) and applied it to the bright scratched area it took a couple of days but it did work and it looked natural. Here is the after pic: I'll try and find a before pick but the edge knock was also scratched and looked a bright coper colour. I have heard of people using stink bombs to tone silver colourfully. Apparently if you place a silver coin in an airtight container brake a stink bomb in next to it and seal the lid it works. I've never tried this though. What ever you use will most likely result in the coin looking artificially tones. Nice natural toning takes years to appear.

I've just completed the price guide for British Threepence's, fourpence's and sixpences. You can see them here: http://www.coinsgb.com/Price_Guide/Price_Guide.html

Thanks for that, Hussulo. I've noticed some variations with standard pricing though. Any reason for that ? You've got to remember this is a 2007 price guide so some of the prices will no-doubt be out of date-low but I think its handy as a reference. I didn't compile the prices as they come directly from Chris Perkins' (owner of this forum) Collectors Coins GB 2007 price guide.

I've listed 9 gold coins on ebay from my personal collection. Most are choice, scarce-rare with low starting prices. Please take a look: http://shop.ebay.com/hussulo/m.html?_dmd=1&_ipg=50&_sop=12&_rdc=1

Now added shillings, eighteenpences and florins to the price guide. http://www.coinsgb.com/Price_Guide/Price_Guide.html

Thanks for the heads up I've now added that section to the site: http://www.coinsgb.com/Price_Guide/Farthings_1838-1864.html