johnboy183

I always was a troublemaker! or a perfectionist/nitpicker my wife would say!! My Executive bosses before I retired had a few other choice expletives to describe it! Thanks for all the help and lets hope it simplifies things for the future for others. kind regards John

Thanks Paulus. That is an excellent article. Time to do a little learning I think before going further! Thanks again Regards John

Thanks for the advice. I am playing with Photobucket now. I do find photographing coins quite challenging as to get the detail I need to shoot in macro and closeup but then the photos do not seem to mimic the coin as it appears to the naked eye despite having tried a variety of backgrounds and camera settings. The photos of the farthing I posted earlier are typical as in real life it has a very pleasant and nice patina and finish and yet in the photos appears garish and mottled too much. Are there any insider tricks to obtain more likelike representations? (your photos above are far more what I need) regards John

Hi Colin Thank you for that information - it is helpful. As said i am not really a coin affecionado so not sure exactly which obverse it is. I took a lot of images but the file size to attach says is 0.49mb max so I had to reduce the size of those I sent. Did I read this wrong and could send some higher mb files of the areas concerned? I must admit I have now found several William and Mary, George 11,111 and Geo IV coins in this little haul so will probably also be asking further questions in future on these as well. Regards John ps have found your email address so will send some higher qual shots there.

Here are the best photos I can take in the shortness of time and the light conditions now Cheers John GIV farthing.doc

I have discovered this coin among a large number left to me many years ago when my Father died. Not having looked at it very carefully until now ( although it is in really nice condition) I have discovered the number 5 in the 1825 date is incomplete. The upright of the 5 is missing so it looks like a back to front letter c with a sloping dash above it. As I was about to put this up for sale when I discovered this I thought i should ask those who may know better if this is a common finding or if it could affect the value I should ask. I will try and photograph it and post that soon but any thoughts would be gratefully received. Thanks John