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Cheers Pete, Paul

Sigh posted in wring thread

That was quick

Very nice Jamcol is often at the Midland coin fair but only tends to bring slabbed stuff with him.

Thanks it is slowly getting there. I need to upgrade a few and I want some other examples in there but I am happy with my collection so far.

I tend to use the Quadrum capsules for storage as they are relatively cheap, allow access to the coin for photos, and are a bit more sturdy that a cardboard flip. They also provide a few nice storage options for these that fit nicely into secure storage. I would love a traditional coin cabinet but my budget doesnt allow me to stretch that far just yet.

There is some discussion around this type of thing here as well http://www.coincommunity.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=251604&whichpage=1

Couple of new additions. I was after a 1927 and already had a 1912 but the toning in the awful sellers picture caught my eye. Not the greatest grade but my wife likes it!

I liked toned silver but would rather it was acquired over time rather than artificially done: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/How-to-add-extra-value-to-your-collectors-coins-Give-them-rainbow-toning-/161962306255?hash=item25b5b4aacf:g:OsUAAOSwnLdWqyzm

Not the highest grade but it is definitely toned....

Ok so re took the pictures of the 1911 above:

No problem. Photojoiner is a Web based tool so no download. Just go to the site and edit away

Hi Mynki, a lovely first coin! Regarding the photo editing, if your using Windows 10 you can crop photos down with the picture viewer it has. If not then you can use http://www.photojoiner.net/ to crop, resize and join pictures for free. I use Windows 10 to crop them and photo joiner to join the Obv and Rev pictures into one so they look like this:

I need to take a better picture of the 1911 Sixpence I have but, as per some of the other examples, mine has a nose that implies he has done 12 rounds with Tyson Fury.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/George-lV-Halfcrown-1823-/301854459884?hash=item4647ed87ec:g:OKkAAOSw5dNWokuZ How much for a bad copy?

That would have been me I had not even seen this thread when I made an offer.

1 down 29 more to go!

Yup that should read published by.... but the editing facilty on this forum is awful

Hi Liam, welcome to the forums. There are plenty of people here to help with grading but I would suggest, as a start, that you buy the book written by the person who provides these forums for us. It really will help you get your head around grading.

No Macro lens as yet. I just turn on the in built marco setting and try to ensure that the coin takes up as much of the view screen as possible while leaving just a little bit of wiggle room so I can straighten the coin when editing it, cropping it down and joining two pictures. I spent 3 or 4 hours the other night playing with the angle of the lamp and found that having it pretty much directly above the coin bought out the most toning and depth/ It is still a work in progress and once I do have some free time and natural daylight to play with I will retake a few and see how they compare.

Yes NordIe have been using a daylight LED lamp and a Nikon COOLPIX L120 14MP Digital Bridge Camera on a tripod with Macro on. The camera is about 8 to 12 inches from the coin. I struggle to find time in the day when I can use natural daylight due to work and the kids This may change as the days get longer again!

I posted this elsewhere but, on the advice of Paulus, this is probably a more logical place to post it. I have been messing around with my lighting rig and wanted to show you the difference between my old set up and the new on the first coin I purchased, what do you think @Nordle11@GateGateGo@Peter? Would you believe it is the same coin?:

My intial thread.... but up above you will see my 1849 Florin. Here is the same coin with the new lighting rig so you can see the difference:

Hi, I have just started collecting and I thought I would introduce myself. I am currently reading through the Rotographic grading book and generally trying to read up as much as I can. I think intially my approach will be to buy coins I like the look off in the best condition I can afford over anything else but would welcome any advice you could throw at me. This was one of my intial purchases and I would welcome any feedback on its general condition and grade so I can gauge what I believe it is against people who have being doing it for years. Thanks Paul

Thanks both. Still huge amounts to learn but I'm happy that experienced collectors think I am making progress.