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Mr. Jaggers

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Feb 7, 2009, 9:51:08 PM2/7/09
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celtex wrote:
> Newbie trying to understand the grading process. What is your best
> guess at the grading of this coin? I hope pictures are good enough
> for your guess. Thanks!
> Jim

This photograph is better than the last one, in that it is a much smaller
size. However, I must repeat that posting pictures to rec.collecting.coins
is not allowed. Obviously, you can ignore the warning, but you will gain
little respect and few friends by doing it.

Your coin appears to have the sharpness of at least an EF, maybe even an AU,
but beyond that, the image is so badly exposed that it is impossible to tell
anything more. If I had to guess, I'say that it has been cleaned, it has
some rim damage on the reverse, and a stain of some kind on the obverse.
Any one of those problems would prevent it from getting into a respected
slab.

James


celtex

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Feb 7, 2009, 10:34:27 PM2/7/09
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I am sorry! I will not do that again. So sorry for the pictures.
Jim
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MKW

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Feb 8, 2009, 1:22:31 AM2/8/09
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Whats wrong with posting relevant pictures? Not even links to
pictures?? I mean coin collecting is all about what can be seen.

Jon Purkey

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Feb 8, 2009, 12:52:54 PM2/8/09
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On Sat, 7 Feb 2009 20:44:26 -0600, "celtex"
<jimdn...@suddenlink.net> wrote:

>Newbie trying to understand the grading process. What is your best guess at
>the grading of this coin? I hope pictures are good enough for your guess.
>Thanks!
>Jim

You'll get better results if you photograph the coin without the
flash. A small tripod can be used to hold the camera study. You do not
have to spend a lot on one. I use a tripod bought at the Dollar Tree.
It screws into the camera and allows the camera to either point
forward or straight down, the later being great for photographing
coins and other small objects.

Mike Marotta

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Feb 8, 2009, 2:03:00 PM2/8/09
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On Feb 8, 1:22 am, MKW <mwelbor...@aol.com> wrote:
> Whats wrong with posting relevant pictures?  Not even links to
> pictures??  I mean coin collecting is all about what can be seen.

LINKS to pictures are fine. Many people do that.

Here's a LINK to a picture of a coin from JULIUS CAESAR
http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/imp/julius_caesar/RSC_0022.jpg

There is a newsgroup, alt.binaries.pictures.numismatic that some
people can access. (I cannot.)

What does not work is attempting to post a picture directly, to imbed
it with the text of a post. The Usenet Newsgroups go back before the
WorldWide Web, which was created in 1993. At root, the newsgroups are
a 7-bit system, so often you will see that character like the
¥ Yen £ Pound € Euro ₣ Franc
simply do not appear but you can see where they should be if they
did.

In any event, when you try to imbed a picture, all you get is strings
of character-based gibberish as the software translates the JPEG (GIF,
etc) into text.

Mike M.
MIchael E. Marotta
Technical Writer

celtex

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Feb 8, 2009, 4:52:39 PM2/8/09
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Wal-Mart has a "kit" that has the tripod and a battery charger with
batteries for 15 bucks. Thanks for the suggestion. It takes me several shots
to get one in focus! LOL You use available light?

celtex

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Feb 8, 2009, 9:05:11 PM2/8/09
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Would you venture guess on value of this coin?

som...@some.domain

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Feb 8, 2009, 9:11:50 PM2/8/09
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after you apologize for trashing a text group?

Mr. Jaggers

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Feb 8, 2009, 9:17:26 PM2/8/09
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Coin World Values quotes the value of an 1896 dollar in AU-50 at $35. In
light of the likely cleaning and apparent damage, it would have to bring
less. How much less is impossible to determine without the coin in hand.
Part of the problem is that unmolested examples of this date are readily
available, so a dealer is not going to have a market for it. I'd suggest
you take it to a coin shop, though, and see what a dealer would pay for it.
Don't be offended if he offers you bullion value. You can then decide
whether to save or sell.

If you are indeed new to the hobby, there's a lot to learn! Equip yourself
with a few basic books, such as the Guide Book of United States Coins (a/k/a
the Redbook) and one of the several books on grading coins that are
available at most bigger bookstores. Then read them! Good luck, and let us
know how this all sorts out.

James


celtex

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Feb 8, 2009, 9:27:45 PM2/8/09
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I did in earlier post... I am not worthy.. I am lowly snail... I am ...never
mind...

som...@some.domain

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Feb 8, 2009, 10:12:04 PM2/8/09
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ah, flyswatter, we see the futility of electrodden.
are you alice cooper?

look@worldnet.att.net don't look

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"celtex" <jimdn...@suddenlink.net> wrote in message
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You can. You may have to change the lighting type setting on your
camera(digital). If you leave it at normal you might end up with golden
silver dollar pictures.


sgt23

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Feb 9, 2009, 5:11:22 PM2/9/09
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Hey Celtex, just post your pictures using www.photobucket.com , the
site is pretty self explanatory and if you do have any question just
asked.

celtex

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Feb 12, 2009, 9:41:21 PM2/12/09
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Thanks I'll check it out.
Jim
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