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'Photo Only Topics' Discussion Thread


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There is also a new Precious Metals Photography section to discuss all things related to photography including techniques, questions, and discussions:

https://www.thesilverforum.com/forum/150-precious-metals-photography/

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@Cornishfarmer - from my photos posted on the US section you can see that my favourites are the $5 half eagle Indian Heads, from 1908-1916.  They have a nice variety of Mint marks, with varying mintages each year allowing plenty of fun if you like chasing down a set across a year, or all the mintmarks.  Most important - I reckon it's up there with the $20 StGaudens double eagle design for beauty - but with the smaller size you can collect more (obviously). Where to buy them? Well - it's been said by Numistacker and others that most of the good ones available in the US are already entombed in slabs...,,and that any raw coins you come across should be treated cautiously - as they may well have been graded as Details / worse and then unscrupulously broken out of slabs and pitched again to the next unsuspecting buyer! Good to bear that in mind but don't let it paralayze you from buying good looking coins.-- they may well be the "rare jewel" that was never slabbed and is in good condition. 

A good way to start is to buy from Apmex where they have all quality ranges available, but of course that's not as much fun as searching them out elsewhere. More common are the Liberty Head design half eagles - which are also nice and affordable at just under a quarter ounce - and clear mintmarks   

From my grading disasters with the 1850/1860s US gold $1 coins I can suggest that they are NOT a good place to start your pre-33 US gold collection ( I have a Details grade and a fake so far! ).  

Hope this personal view helps! 

Lindeman. 

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The best new photos in the forum photos section of the forum I will also promote on Instagram :) 

Help fill up this section with amazing photos :)

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so I noticed the last photo only topic was 2015

lets see all those beautiful shinny coins/bars ?

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11 minutes ago, Pete said:

UK Lunars - could not find or create a heading so maybe Admin should create a new section as pictures here relate to Australian Lunars

Series to date including the 2018 Dog
Large wooden box though - would have preferred a much slimmer box.

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@Pete there are other lunars in that thread.  The first page has coins from Ukraine, Ghana and Belarus - but yes, it is mostly Perth.

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15 minutes ago, Pete said:

UK Lunars - could not find or create a heading so maybe Admin should create a new section as pictures here relate to Australian Lunars

Series to date including the 2018 Dog
Large wooden box though - would have preferred a much slimmer box.

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Man that dog's design surely stands out compared to the others. You can see that the earlier versions has a cleaner design but this year's design is just messy....

Omne aurum quod rex valūtās

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