....they fly by when we're working on our collections I guess.

It's November 1st already, another year (for me) has went by. Only a few minor purchases since I wrote last; another Franklin half, a French 1 1/2 Euro that will be put into my World War 2 signature set and a few raw coins that may or may not be sent in for grading.

What has really been eating up the time is redoing most of my coin pics. I really do like my Pentax digital cam and I feel it will turn out some gorgeous pictures once I have all the settings figured out. One thing I've noticed, and this is just a preliminary theory right now, is it seems macro mode is better for the bigger coins, and super macro for the cents thru dimes. However, I did get a few super pics (at least super to me) in super macro mode. Check out my 1862 Indian head pics and the 1953-S Lincoln pics. I am more than really pleased with how both coins photographed.

Besides my slabbed coins, I do have a lot of raw coins. These coins I've picked up over the years, either they've been cleaned (or I think they've been cleaned) or else I can't economically justify getting them graded, as they're not worth all that much. I like Morgan dollars so much, I've bought some raw coins from people I know, to either do them a favor or because I thought the coin was worth it. I'm keeping them however and listing them in my inventory software in a separate file for ungraded coins. I store them in Airtite holders, and I'm really, REALLY pleased on how they photograph. I've attached pics of a 1921-D Morgan to this journal article. These 2 pics are my goal for all of my coin pics. I hope you all agree with me. :-)

All for now, I still need to start researching my Mexican specimen notes, and there's a Stack's auction coming up the middle of the month I want to really watch.