ahoy there me hardies

[Nevol]

is that how the first coin is made, the number 50 is not raised

I think that's probably an optical illusion.  It often happens with me when looking at coin piccies, especially online.  Keep looking and it will correct itself.

[JeffH]

The eye is easily fooled that way if the lighting is even and no hint from a shadow. If there is a shadow then that immediately defines if it is relief or incused.
Look at it and adjust your focus and/or direction of gaze (or cover alternate eyes) you can sometimes make it appear to alternate between the two.

[Basil]

Yeah,i noticed that on scans as soon as i moved from CRT to LCD about 12 years ago,i thought it was just an LCD thing but i have noticed it on CRT's in Internet Cafe's as well.

[ausjack]

is that how the first coin is made, the number 50 is not raised

Yes it's the way it is, the top half of the coin has raised writing and the bottom letters and numbers are incused, yes a little odd to do that so no it's not an optical illusion in this case so your not going mad :angel: Ok maybe just a little but that's normal :tease:

[Nevol]

is that how the first coin is made, the number 50 is not raised

Yes it's the way it is, the top half of the coin has raised writing and the bottom letters and numbers are incused, yes a little odd to do that so no it's not an optical illusion in this case so your not going mad :angel: Ok maybe just a little but that's normal :tease:

Oops, pardonnez-moi si vous plaît.  I'll have to make sure of what I'm saying before I jump in the deep end in future, either that or learn to swim. :blush2:

[ausjack]

Nah what you say is true Nevol and I have to look at things a few times and then still get it wrong :winkextra:

[ausjack]

Hey Steve, here are my boat coins :friends: saves me making a list, you know how lazy I am :blush2: :mocking:

[r9453]

Ahoy there hardie,

[Robster]

Hey A.J. :good:

[ausjack]

Hello Rob and Robster, slowly on the mend but will still be a bit quiet for a while :friends: so that should make duggee happy that he doesn't have pages and pages of posts to look at :winkextra:

[Robster]

Some new images on Flickr A.J. :angel:

[ausjack]

Cool, I'll have to go have a look

[trout]

Welcome back AJ :yahoo:
I hope you have been taking it a bit easy Mate .

[ausjack]

Yeah mate, just bored sh!tless and still a little sore but coming along nicely thank you :friends:

[Triggersmob]

you know how lazy I am :blush2: :mocking:

That makes 2 of us, .

I'll see what I can find for you.