The Barber and Mercury dime were some of my very first coins,... back in the day.

Greetings Collectors,

I apologize for the "constant" posting but as in coin purchases, I have trouble with this thing called control/moderation. Rightly or wrongly, I have always said, "If your'e gonna be a bear, be a grizzly bear, not a panda bear or a koala bear but a GRIZZLY. This meaning, when I start something, a project, a job, a deck, treehouse or whatever, I jump on it with both feet and continue until it's finished and try to make it as perfect as "humanly possible".

Having said that, I do not know how far I will take this "photography bug", as I am sailing into new and uncharted waters and could hit a reef or a whale or whatever. I do want to go as far as time and funds (or the lack of either) will allow. I would like to take pictures of each and every coin I own that resides in a slab and would like to take it a step further by taking pics of some of my "unslabbed" babies. No one but God knows what the future holds, but I do intend to see this project through. As much of a "computer dummy" I am, and a "techie" I'm not, this is no small task for me. I think what I am trying to say is that, if I can do this, then anyone, and I do mean "ANYONE" can do it. So I challenge all of you that have coins, and have no pictures of them, get off the "dime" (pun intended) and do something about it. It's hard, I'm not going to say it ain't, but it's doable. It has always been "the fear of the unknown" for me, but guess what, it's not all that bad. What was that old saying? I think it was a Nike slogan, "JUST DO IT!"

I will leave you with another pic that while I do not know the process, a friend who has helped me with the art of coin photography, Andrew (krytencoins) sent me this coin back after he had "done his thing" and had both the obverse and reverse showing in the same pic. This is a process that I am determined to learn. Until then this is a shot of the same coin that I took. Up close and in person, this coin has some neat and suttle colors. Too bad I can't make that show up here. But all in all, a cool coin from a cool series. My first slabbed "Barber". 1899 PCGS MS-63, reverse.

Continue to have fun with your coins. Happy Collecting, WKF