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Craig W

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  1. Craig W
    Coin Photography
    Hello
    As my first journal entry this will be a two subject post.
    First is to introduce a new acquisition the 2009 Switzerland Shootingtaler Obwalden.
    This is a 50 francs, 900/1000 silver, 25 gram, 37mm proof only coin limited to a mintage of 1,500. This example is graded by NGC as PF-69 ultra cameo.
    Second is to try and improve my coin imaging. This image was taken with a macro lens in normal room lighting and color corrected to white in photo shop and cropped at 750 X 750 pixels and saved using save for web to keep the image size below 120 kb. OK that works for the gallery but not here, needs to be below 75 kb. I am considering trying some type of table top photo tent with fixed photo lighting to see if that will improve the image.
    In this image the black of the photo is the mirror like finish on the coin.
    The coin is also in a signature set with both front and back photos.
    Thanks for looking
    Craig

  2. Craig W
    WOW a population of 1 and I have it!!!!!
    Hello All
    I was recently looking at acquiring one of the NGC graded Tuvalu Battle of Gettysburg coins. When looking at the coins on the popular internet sales site one of the things I do is use the NGC coin verification web site and then check the NGC population report. Having found a coin I was interested in I check it out and WOW only 6 listed as graded, now I have seen a few of this NGC graded coin for sale and this number seemed a bit low so I ran a population check on a couple other NGC Tuvalu Gettysburg coins and got a population of 70. It seems there was a slight difference in how they were labeled. The coin I was looking at that had a population of 6 was labeled as ?The Battle of Gettysburg? and it looks like 5 coins that were sent in at the same time + one other got that label. The coins with a label of ?Battle of Gettysburg? showed a population of 70 graded.
    Along this line of NGC labels I also have a couple other interesting labels. One is a 2002 Canada $5 Maple leaf Loon 15th Anniversary coin with a label of ?Goose Hologram?. This coin when verified is listed with the 15th anniversary coins. Another Canadian coin that I have with a unique label is the 2004 Canadian Open Golf coin. The one I have is a population of 1 and labeled as Golf Championship.
    There are several other interesting label variations out there and I hope you enjoy them when you see them.
    Craig