Maundy coins

[trout]

I picked up a 1911 set from the post office today.
Here are my images.

[Robster]

You are certainly compiling an extensive Maundy portfolio. Congrats.

[ausjack]

Not a bad lookin little set ya got there cobba  :good:

[trout]

Not a bad lookin little set ya got there cobba  :good:

They are a nice set, pity I can't image the toning well without having the coin tilted and out of focus on one side :dash1:
One of these days I will "Nail It"

You are certainly compiling an extensive Maundy portfolio. Congrats.

So far I have 15 sets and a few singles in my Maundy collection.
I Love the design on these coins and that compared to other Brit coins they have an incredibly low Mintage.
Also most of the time the toning these coins develop is "Exquisite" :good:

[trout]

Here are two new additions for my Maundy collection

1740 penny from The Purple Penny graded AU58 by PCGS.


This 1786 penny is an eBay purchase that has yet to be graded.

[r9453]

I can't image the toning well without having the coin tilted and out of focus on one side :dash1:

I have a similar problem with deep cameo coins. How much "tilt" are we talking about? Are you making relatively small adjustments between shots?

[trout]

I have a similar problem with deep cameo coins. How much "tilt" are we talking about? Are you making relatively small adjustments between shots?

I put a saflip under the edge of the coin, so not much of a tilt but enough to throw out the focus on the coin overall.
I can mess about with the lighting and get reasonable results But getting the true colouring of the coin in the image is pretty much impossible for me at the moment.

[r9453]

I put a saflip under the edge of the coin, so not much of a tilt but enough to throw out the focus on the coin overall.
I can mess about with the lighting and get reasonable results But getting the true colouring of the coin in the image is pretty much impossible for me at the moment.

Wow, a saflip - that's way less than I would have thought. So, a mm here or there no more than that. I was thinking there is not much scope for mucking about with the light.

Thanks to reading this forum I've made decent strides improving my images but still a long way to go. I think the next step might be a better camera than my bog standard 12 megapixel.

Sorry, I better not get any further off topic.

[AussieSilver]

More magapixels won't help with getting the colour right you need a camera with manual focus so you can adjust white balance etc . Plenty of photography sites on the web that will help.

[trout]

Here are my images of this set I bought on eBay.
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/182037435882?_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2648&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
I think they are a big improvement on the ones in my set registry.
http://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/publishedset.aspx?s=142139

[markn]

Nice.

[trout]

Nice.

Thanks Mate

Here are my images of the other 1902 set I bought at the same time as the 1908 set.
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/181894121318?_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

[markn]

Is that supposed to be a matte set?

[trout]

Is that supposed to be a matte set?

They were just listed as a 1902 set.
They don't look like my other Matte proof 1902 coins as they don't have that "Look" to them.

[markn]

Is that supposed to be a matte set?

They were just listed as a 1902 set.
They don't look like my other Matte proof 1902 coins as they don't have that "Look" to them.

ok, well it's definitely not matte Just checking you didn't get the rough end of the proverbial