THE NEW COIN CLUB
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| 451 | Welcome to the Coin Club. We are an assortment of newbies, amateurs and experts with questions and answers for newbies, amateurs and experts in coin collecting, also known as numismatics. Whether you are just getting started, have been collecting for years or have simply found some old coins about the place that you’d like to sell, this is the place to ask your questions. No one has all the answers, and you may get five differing answers to the same question, yet each may be right in a manner of speaking, especially if opinions are involved. Opinions often vary. If you receive no answer to your query within 48 hours, please ask again. chefman1 - 2012-10-25 14:47:00 |
| 452 | chrisr5 wrote: chefman1 - 2012-10-25 14:52:00 |
| 453 | chefman1 wrote:
You better watch closely, I'm going for the fundy. chrisr5 - 2012-10-25 17:08:00 |
| 454 | Has anyone seen any good auctions for a 1706 Queen Anne half crown recently? Any recommendations on what to look out for? TIA chrisr5 - 2012-10-27 08:39:00 |
| 455 | hi i have a bunch of coins and was wondering if anybody in the tauranga area would know where to get them valued nicole573 - 2012-10-27 09:37:00 |
| 456 | nicole573 wrote: chefman1 - 2012-10-27 13:14:00 |
| 457 | chrisr5 wrote: Edited by chefman1 at 1:18 pm, Sat 27 Oct chefman1 - 2012-10-27 13:17:00 |
| 458 | chrisr5 wrote:
Should you find one, I am guessing the first feedback for the seller will be worth a chuckle, and the second one will raise eyebrows. And the background in the images? Remarkably familiar. Well picked. echoriath - 2012-10-27 18:59:00 |
| 459 | chrisr5 wrote:
I just tried to ask if this coin had been cleaneed and I am Black listed. lester36 - 2012-10-27 19:11:00 |
| 460 | echoriath wrote:
I have chefman1 to thank for my new found interest in Queen Anne half crowns. chrisr5 - 2012-10-27 22:12:00 |
| 461 | This message was deleted. oldecurb - 2012-10-27 23:10:00 |
| 462 | oldecurb wrote:
I wouldn't be at all surprised if you found you had been blacklisted! chrisr5 - 2012-10-28 06:13:00 |
| 463 | This message was deleted. oldecurb - 2012-10-28 16:47:00 |
| 464 | oldecurb wrote:
I thought you would have been on the automatic blacklist, you were honoured indeed! chrisr5 - 2012-10-28 19:28:00 |
| 465 | Interesting thread about a trader apparently using another traders coin photos on their auctions, worth a gander if it hasn't been removed. chrisr5 - 2012-10-29 01:31:00 |
| 466 | Both Echoriath and Shayne45 have previously posted hints and tips on how to photograph coins. Unfortunately TM doesn't recognise that such information is useful to traders and indiscriminately removes it! So, heavily abbreviated, but here are a few steps to improving your photos of coins - 1. Switch camera to macro (looks like a little flower) if it has the setting. With macro turned on you should be able to focus on the coin with the coin filling most of the frame of the picture. Trim the photo afterwards to remove extra background - that way it's harder for people to come along later and clip out your signature. Ideally if you're going to be doing lots of photos of coins a light box is a good investment but the out of direct sunlight near a bright window will work pretty well on sunny/bright days. A white sheet of paper can also be used to reflect light back onto the coin. This diffuses the light which reduces bright reflections which ruin the detail that the photo captures and makes focussing harder. The set up runs paper - coin - window, and if you play around with the angle of the paper you will see it casts illumination onto the coin. Of course you need something to balance the paper against........ chrisr5 - 2012-10-29 15:32:00 |
| 467 | chrisr5 wrote:
its been remove..i was writing in it..and just as i hit the post message Edited by chefman1 at 2:43 pm, Tue 30 Oct chefman1 - 2012-10-30 14:42:00 |
| 468 | Thoughts on using others' pictures: Having nice, clear pix uploaded directly to TM (rather than through an intermediate website) can help ensure people don't borrow your photos, and I have become a fan of manually adding my trader name to my photos myself rather than relying on TM's method, which can also obscure parts of the coins. I crop and join my photos (front and back of coins) and add my name in the middle somewhere so it cannot simply be cropped out. A motivated person can still use my images if they take the time to photoshop out my trader name, but I can at least make the task a bit more like work for the would-be photo pincher. Smart prospective buyers will always check with a seller that the items in photos are the items they are bidding on. I agree with the view that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. There's another trader (who occupies a place of honour on my black list) who over time edited both his auctions and profile to include remarkably similar text to mine. Does it bother me? Nah, I have bigger fish to fry. echoriath - 2012-10-31 07:52:00 |
| 469 | echoriath wrote:
Be careful, those whitebait cook very quickly if you do them one at a time! chrisr5 - 2012-10-31 14:15:00 |
| 470 | chefman1 wrote:
I made a thread offsite and invited the traders...... chrisr5 - 2012-10-31 14:15:00 |
| 471 | chrisr5 wrote:
I'll bear that in mind. I'm still trying to find a knife small enough to fillet the little buggers. echoriath - 2012-10-31 17:46:00 |
| 472 | echoriath wrote:
I'm guessing the knife would be on a similar scale to the violins we play when the alternative identities of a banned trader come on here to whine about how they can't grasp TMs rules of trading. chrisr5 - 2012-10-31 19:32:00 |
| 473 | Hey guys... Just got back from a buying trip... Can anyone tell me what to roughly start these coins at 1. 1881 Silver Victoria 1/2 Crown Cheers cashintheattic - 2012-11-01 20:22:00 |
| 474 | This message was deleted. oldecurb - 2012-11-01 20:32:00 |
| 475 | I bought them off another dealer in Invercargill and have done some research on them via google but i know thats not the most reliable source. They were sold pretty much for the silver content with a little lee way for myself Edited by cashintheattic at 8:36 pm, Thu 1 Nov cashintheattic - 2012-11-01 20:35:00 |
| 476 | cashintheattic wrote: chefman1 - 2012-11-01 20:40:00 |
| 477 | Did that answer your question Oldecurb? cashintheattic - 2012-11-01 20:40:00 |
| 478 | haha im so sorry about not taking you... But I did bring back some great coins and will be listing them tonight!!! cashintheattic - 2012-11-01 20:41:00 |
| 479 | cashintheattic wrote:
Sticking to my subject areas: 3.* VF = U$31 6**. VF = NZ$80 I am guessing the French one is in not so good nick given that the mint mark sounds like it is hard to read, so it might be more like scrap/filler value, which is about NZ$30. Naturally, it's whatever the market will bear. And take good pix. *Source = 2012 Yeoman Red Book echoriath - 2012-11-01 20:48:00 |
| 480 | Nope I can make out the mint mark it is in reasonably good condition. I just didnt know what the mint mark was until now. I thought it was the star I will list that one next... cashintheattic - 2012-11-01 20:52:00 |
| 481 | This message was deleted. oldecurb - 2012-11-01 21:02:00 |
| 482 | Hi There. Have they been cleaned as the 2 crowns appear to have been lester36 - 2012-11-01 21:03:00 |
| 483 | They havent been cleaned by me or the person I bought them off. So I dont believe they have. Not for a long while anyway cashintheattic - 2012-11-01 21:06:00 |
| 484 | Yep I certainly did Oldecurb thanks cashintheattic - 2012-11-01 21:06:00 |
| 485 | cashintheattic wrote:
sorry i agreed with lester on that they have been cleaned by some-one chefman1 - 2012-11-01 21:39:00 |
| 486 | Thats all good Chefman.. all I know is they havent been cleaned by myself or the previous owner.... cashintheattic - 2012-11-01 21:44:00 |
| 487 | I have put up better pictures of the 2 Victoria Crowns (I had an extra light on them. Now im using natural light) as I dont believe they have been cleaned... Edited by cashintheattic at 10:04 am, Fri 2 Nov cashintheattic - 2012-11-02 10:02:00 |
| 488 | cashintheattic wrote: Please don't blacklist me for asking questions OK. lester36 - 2012-11-02 17:41:00 |
| 489 | My advice CITA would be to blacklist Lester36 and a few more people. (That way there'll be less competition for me!!) chrisr5 - 2012-11-02 18:08:00 |
| 490 | chrisr5 wrote:
Niiiccce NOT lester36 - 2012-11-02 18:16:00 |
| 491 | I wouldnt blacklist anyone!!! not a big enough market in NZ to go around saying people cannot buy my coins lol cashintheattic - 2012-11-02 18:48:00 |
| 492 | But cashintheattic - 2012-11-02 20:56:00 |
| 493 | I cashintheattic - 2012-11-02 20:56:00 |
| 494 | want cashintheattic - 2012-11-02 20:56:00 |
| 495 | the cashintheattic - 2012-11-02 20:56:00 |
| 496 | superb cashintheattic - 2012-11-02 20:56:00 |
| 497 | honour cashintheattic - 2012-11-02 20:56:00 |
| 498 | of cashintheattic - 2012-11-02 20:56:00 |
| 499 | being the cashintheattic - 2012-11-02 20:57:00 |
| 500 | fundy cashintheattic - 2012-11-02 20:57:00 |
