I'd reassemble my Tesla coil just for that occasion! It sent me flying across the room once. :) Happy New Year Tom! With our Lord's blessings, Doug ... From:...
HAPPY NEW NUMISMATIC YEAR TO ALL ! Taking advantage of a few days relaxation, I made various tests of taking pictures of dark bronze coins under natural light...
As a photographic klutz I've struggled with the same issue and concluded that white is as good a background as any - it seems to have the advantage of not...
Here's an interesting double struck SALVS REIPVBLICE of Theodosius I: http://mypage.iu.edu/~gsimonel/Temp/Dbl_strike.JPG The inscription on the right side of...
Pierre I have also been experimenting with photo backgrounds. I used a matte black cardboard sheet for quite a long time. However, I have switched to a white...
Dear LIst, At the risk of sounding like a crotchety old man (which I am), I would like to request that the List members (I will not mentiion names so don't...
Pierre: I use an HP digital camera with a macro setting. After quite a lot of experimenting, all coins are photographed on a white background with a small ...
I remember dimly my creative writing teacher in High School talking about a character that had been changed into a mouse. The character typed his diary but...
Dear Glenn, Apparently, this was a practice during the 4th century. Reissuing demonetized bronzes by striking the new series on top of old ones and using the...
There's a lot easier method - have John Lavender do it. Believe me, the time saved is well worth the cost, and he's one of the best. Ron Bude ... From: "Carl...
Dawson, You may be misremembering Don Marquis' - "Archy and Mehitabel" books and collections. Archy was a poet-cockroach who typed by launching himself ...
Easy suits me, given that Carl Zipfer's note, whilst intended to be helpful, is entirely is Greek to me. I loathe photography and I hate image processing. My...
Some folks have physical conditions that make typing a challenge. I have an aunt with severe arthritis, typing an e-mail that take us only a few moments is a...
Perhaps they are just whispering, as opposed to SHOUTING! Happy New Year, Jeff einarson@......
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... pieces of wisdom. Thank you for these kind words, Pierre. The real expert, though, is Barry Murphy who taught me everything I know. Barry's a real genius...
I consider mine to be "mostly complete, for now". I had two main passions, the first (similar to many) to complete a set of Roman Imperial portraits from...
Dear Marvin, thank you so much for the much anticipated answer to the question re: ancient lenses! I was hoping someone would come forth with good info....
Thank you John. I must confess that I enjoy the challenge, I have a Nikon Coolpix 990 camera with "only" 3,34 pixels, but the macro gives pretty good pictures....
Hello All, Just hit the 382 coin mark in my online provincial collection and can't see it ending anytime soon. So many coins, so little time... Could use some...
Dear Glenn, I'm copying the Moneta list on this response to hopefully get some more responses from there as well. Yours is a very interesting coin and I have...
Very reasonable too - I wonder is there a similar service in the UK or the Benelux countries? Sending coins from Europe to US for this purpose risks them being...
Marvin and others how about another new years resolution, be thankful you are physically capable of doing some things others cannot......., count your...
I (for one) have never doubted that ancient celators used magnifying devices, similar to a magnifying glass on a stand. It is impossible to clean ancient coins...
... Even though I can't post a link very accurately, I try to spell and capitalize appropriately. And, I must say, the disability argument is not accurate. My...
Dear list, Happy New Year! Let's start the New Year with a bang. We have added a large number of new coins to our site over the last several weeks. In...
Lot 1267 in Ponterio's auction in January is an interesting lot-- 24 Republican unciae with wheatear. Two on top of the pile are visibly overstruck; probably...
In June my family and I are taking a trip to England. While we have "Time Shares" for most of the trip we need to find a hotel for the last three nights. We...
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