Bel_Izeard

Exactly! Thanks!

Some of them were cheaper than the others. They ranged from $0.10 to $1.05 CAN. (Not including the Ottoman coin.) I bought what I liked, and I'm okay with what I paid for them. And, these coins will probably be the only coins I buy for the foreseeable future.

I am aware of Numista. Thanks.

I went out to West Edmonton Mall just this past Tuesday to get more flips for my collection and decided to buy some foreign coins from a collection that was sold to the antiques store I prefer to deal with in the city. I bought a total of 12 coins for just under $12 CAN (around $8.73 US). I bought the following... Bahamas - 25 cents - 1966 Botswana - 1 pula - 2007 Canary Islands - 25 pesetas - 1994 France - 2 francs - 1949 Japan - 1 yen - 1960 Hong Kong - 10 cents - 1960 Hong Kong - 5 cents - 1967 Hong Kong - 50 cents - 1968 Ottoman Empire (~1900) Spain - 1 peseta - 1966 Switzerland - 10 rappen - 1928 Portugal - 10 centavos - 1968 While the store had assigned "unofficial" grades attached to all but one of the coins, I bought them more for what I wanted than worrying about a grade. All but three of these coins were prices at less than $1 CAN. The Ottoman Empire coin was the most expensive but still priced under $5 CAN. Cheers! Bel Izeard

I bought my first foreign coins just this past Tuesday. Nothing major except for this old coin (well, sort of). It cost me less than $5 CAN; I I used Paint.Net to cover the price in the image. I did buy it from a reputable antiques store here in Edmonton. It was part of a collection that was sold to the store. I picked up it and 11 other lower grade coins* for just under $12 CAN. * Nothing above AU; not officially graded by a grading company. Mainly unofficial VF/XF coins.

Thanks! Thank you. I'm still learning, so, no, I don't know what a registry set is. I'm going to go at my own pace and learn as a go along. I do like collecting books too, so I'll probably invest in coin books at some point. I'm finding that I really like coins from Asia and Europe. The Hong Kong ones I now have are very cool. I'll have to share those on here some other day. Cheers! Bel

Here's the last one for right now *: a Ireland 10 Pence (large type) from 1975. This is not a coin that my mom gave me. I got it from my dad when I was a kid. I used it, a lot, to draw circles on game maps. It was just the right size to draw large planets on star system maps for some of my sci-fi RPG settings. Thus, it has been through a lot. Imagine it being pushed down onto paper with my thumber and drawing around its edge with pencils, including colored pencils. Heh. When my mom gave me her coins, I ended up cleaning some of them, and this one, before learning that I shouldn't clean the coins. (I really wish I'd known that before I "buffed" several older Canadian and US pennies. Ah well, live and learn.) In truth, it doesn't really matter. I won't EVER give this one up. My dad let me have it, so it is one of the things I still have that connects me to him. I should also note that when I was a kid, I thought this was some sort of Greek coin. Cheers! Bel * I must finish my laundry.

For the next one, I went with my UK 1955 1 shilling rather than try to get the other shilling out of the coin cap.

So, while the light outside today isn't the best, I figured I'd give this another shot. First up is the UK 10 New Pence from 1970 in a flip. I've manually focused the camera and I think the results are a lot better. These are still screen captures using my camera's built in software.

I have been using the camera's autofocus, but it sounds like I need to manual focus the camera. Thanks for your help.

Yes, I'll keep experimenting. Today was a partially sunny day. Hopefully the light will be better tomorrow. I'm glad there isn't a restriction. You're probably right; it probably glitched on me.

Thanks! Cheers!

Perhaps being in the white flip helps the camera focus better than the black background. I tried several different shots for the first two coins, but the images I've posted were the best results. All the shots were very grainy and so out of focus that I couldn't see any of the details of the coins. The camera does come with a ring light, but that causes huge reflections. It's too late in the day to try again. I'll try again tomorrow with the 10 New Pence coin after I put it in a flip and see if that makes a difference. BTW, is there some sort of restriction on how often newbies can post? After my last post in this thread 4 hours ago, I could no longer see the window to add a reply.

Okay, I'll try that.

Another one I wanted to show off. This Australian 20 Cents Coin from 1994. My mom had a quite a few Australian coins but this was the nicest looking one of the bunch. I still need to put the other ones in flips.