Nonmortuus

So I have been playing around with my technique when it comes to take photos of my coins. This is a the 1915 Halfcrown I own, again a new pic with the new lighting setup. Below that is my 1787 with hearts sixpence I picked up recently again with the picture taken with my new lighting set up, excuse the line under the Rev, thats a hole in the foam of the case, I misaligned the coin.

Couple of dates I already had but these are decent upgrades:

I was told by someone who was toning 2oz silver rounds that they used eggs and the associated sulphar they release.

Ian Pratt, unfortunatly no web site or ebay sales but he is a pleasant guy to talk to and has a good selection on offer. He is there each month.

Hi Jerry, yes it is. I paid substantially less then he originally wanted but still probably over paid however I wanted a 1913 and I like to deal with Ian. Ian, along with Rob and Mark, have been really good when I have looked at their stuff and have taken the time to have a chat and give me a few pointers. P.S. Always good to see you at the fair, I'm honestly not stalking you its just a very small room so every time you turn around I'm there ?

Thanks Frank, The coins do look far nicer in hand, I just bought another daylight lamp so need a few hours one night to play around with my pictures. The ones above were just taken with the flash on and aimed above the coin.

A couple of newbies. I need to work on my photographs as they do the coins no justice: A 1913 Halfcrown has proved to be a pain in the bum to find: This one is courtesy of Rob and is my first early milled/pre 1816 example:

Same for me regarding the right hand side marks. As for the left side I am finding it extremely hard to tell from the pictures due to different lighting etc.

Thanks for sharing Paulus. If I ever submit to CGS you are the first person I will speak to about it!

I think Paulus has had one or two that were rejected for various reasons. It would be interesting to see them and the reason for the rejection.

Is there any feedback as yet on this cleaner? I have a couple of low value ish coins that could do with a good de gunking so have read this therad with interest.

Hi Frank, it looks like you have caught buyeverythingasitus. I really, really suffered with it when I first started collecting (and still do now to a degree), sorry it seems to be contagious! I pretty much did as you are now, bought things I liked and tried to get my head around the grading. It helped for sure but I also feel I probably did not spend my funds as wisely as I could. Going to the monthly coin fair has helped a lot as you get to see so many different coins in all grades and prices brackets. I am still way way off all of the experts on here and still make plenty of mistakes but as I posted when you joined it really is worth saving the £10/£15 buys unless you find a cracker that others have missed and go for some higher grade (EF) stuff. I have stuff I bought early on that I really liked at the time but have found myself wanting to upgrade it. Also what I considered EF has changed as time has gone on. I see coins on some of the facebook groups I would have bid on in the past that I know just let them go by. People like Paulus, Coinary, Rob (and all the others that hae offered my advice so far!) are all really helpful so do not be afraid to get opinions on stuff before you buy. It looks like you have made a nice start to your collection but once you get a really nice gEF to Unc coin in your collection you will want more like them Keep the pics rolling in!

A couple of newbies purchased in the last week or so:

It is back up again and has bids this time: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hammered-Silver-Coin-LVN-DONIA-CIVIT-EFLBERHT-REX-/262222475840?hash=item3d0dad7240:g:4EIAAOSwSdZWhCR9

Welcome Frank, being relatively new myself I can tell you that you have done the right thing joining here. Two of the best bits of advice I have had from members here were buy the book before the coin and buy the highest grade you can, EF and up where budgets allow. I can recommend the books Chris publishes here as a great starting point for learning about grades and ball park figures on prices. Just check the shop on the main predecimal page.

I plan to be there all being well.

My latest edition, a 1902 circulation Halfcrown

Your photos have come on leaps and bounds Paulus.

1899 crown: CGS 80 1707 halfcrown: No idea 1911 halfcrown: CGS 88 1911 florin: CGS 88 1902 florin: CGS 82 1736 shilling: No idea 1911 shilling: CGS 82 1674 sixpence No idea

Not the best picture or the rarest coin but nicely toned and better in hand than on my dodgy pics

Yes Jerry, always nice to put a face to a name/alais

Just a small bump as I have added some new stuff recently such as:

Happy birthday

Thanks Stuntman, that was an ebay bargin, partially down to the fact the seller (who is 'well known' for toned coins) had taken some pictures of the coin that I did not believe relected what it actually looked like. Having seen some of their ebay pictures versus what their coins look like in hand at coin fairs I was confident it was not as bad as the picture made out. It is not EF but it is vertainly a gVF and I got it for about £50!