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Definitely a Japanese 10 Yen minted under Hirohito.

Not sure of the year. Counting past in Japanese is hard.

Krasue is a good resource for foreign coins. I picked mine up at a bargain store for under $10

Melodyinusa.ms wrote: ↑Fri Sep 18, 2020 1:49 pm 20200811_153729.jpg
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That's the first "modern" commemorative. I have one.
They're worth about $5-10

Picked up this whole proof set from the Marshall Islands of WW2 Aircraft. All 1 oz of silver, too.
Paid way below spot value

Just giving everything a cursory look, the two most valuable coins are the 56 Proof and 64 accented hair. The prices listed on the coins are on the high side, IMHO

SensibleSal66 wrote: ↑Sun Sep 20, 2020 4:18 pm What . Not funny ?

Pretty lame if you ask me

SensibleSal66 wrote: ↑Mon Sep 21, 2020 10:17 am :confused: OK, that helps .

Maybe if you where a little to the further to right on the curve, you wouldn't be as confused

I'd call it VF-XF

granny does your dog bite?....No child, No!

I think the penny hunter in my club found one of those.


I hope it's OK if I sometimes speak in meme....and if so, I hope you like the Simpsons

I don't think I have any.

I saw one at a local auction a couple months back, but they wanted too much for it.
It was the same auction that had fake California Territorial gold that went for around $150

Like I said before, I'm somewhere between Mount Stupid and the Valley of Despair when I comes to mint errors.
Daniel's video was enlightening.

I bought set of Walkers from a lady 7-8 years ago, and Im transfering out of the Dansco album, grading them on the way.

I pretty sure this one is cleaned.

hmm...thought I posted this previously ..or wasnt I being PC?

Yeah, it's mine.
Bought it off the same lady I got my Walker set off of...when gold was around $1300/oz
Like I said in earlier post, my lighting setup is suboptimal. It seems to affect autofocus

At the beginning of the year, I found this freeware program. It seems to be pretty good once you learn all its eccentricities.

https://sourceforge.net/projects/open-numismat/

Anyone else use it? Can you compare it to the commercial databases out there?

I think it might have been cleaned 100 yrs ago, then toned back over

Generally, unless the cents are UNC or rare, they're not worth getting certified.
Those are neither.

That 1889 liberty head looks like it was sandblasted

bigphish68 wrote: ↑Mon Sep 28, 2020 1:56 pm is it a living individual being portrayed on coinage? not 100 percent sure

Not only a living individual...but a living President...in office at the time, no less.

Only time that was ever done, I believe

Anyone who has seen "Band of Brothers" should immediately recognize this plane. I dont think they got the invasion stripes quite right in the design.

My light source isnt quite uniform, but it is perpendicular (i.e. 'through the lens')

I'm sure you can get a Google translation of you really want to know.

My high school German tells me it starts out "One People"

Here's what I mean when I say the obverse is nearly perfectly lit...
The highlight 'heat map' of my Canon software shows only a few minor highlights.
Compare with the Walker which has too much light reflecting on the field

Thanks, Paul - the dark side of me wants to put this thing on Etsy tonight for $15,000 - claim that it is a "ONE OF A KIND - MINT ERROR - ULTRA KEY DATE - EXTREMELY RARE - BLACK BEAUTY" for sale.! Nah - it will just end up in the "odd" pile of my many Lincoln cents. LOL Cheers. ...

noun: caveat emptor The principle that the buyer alone is responsible for checking the quality and suitability of goods before a purchase is made. Mr. Barnum was 100% accurate. What's really depressing is that there are obviously people with substantial disposable income that could take their money...

The first CC I ever bought. I'd say it's fine but a little out of focus

SensibleSal66 wrote: ↑Sat Oct 03, 2020 11:24 am I'm old.

I kinda figured that....even though your profile claims you're three years younger than me...

Beside looking at the note, I've learned that describing the characteristics of the note is also very important ( ie: folds,tears,is it crisp or worn, spots etc. ) . Here's a basic grading chart : https://oldcurrencyvalues.com/gradingcurrency/ Good luck . As Far as Value goes, would have check some...

Here you can see the difference in color obtained by adjusting the white balance of your camera. The first photo has a WB of 6000K; the second 3200K. My new lights are 5600K YAK WB6000K.JPG YAK WB3200K.JPG We all know what the K stands for, right? Hint: He discovered the First Law of Thermodynamics

Keep in mind, that when you get a good enough ...... you can hide "ANYTHING" in a image. This statement both amuses and disheartens me. To me, a photograph shouldn't be "hiding" anything. It should be about producing a true and accurate representation. Yes, you can do all sorts ...

I bought this coin a coupla weeks ago. It's in an old ANAICS holder and a lot more heavily toned than the pictures show. The focus is a little off (I may need a extender) but its probably easier to grade this way than with a loop 42S Merc Ob.jpg 42S Merc Rv.JPG 42S Merc rvSide.jpg Two reverse pics f...

Well, I put 25 different coins through the Mint State CIA and sent the results to them and Daniel. It only correctly identified three of them, and misidentified several. mccoy002_kindlephoto-390572874.jpg IMHO, the pics I provided are of better quality than those of a numismatic neophyte with a cell...