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Post your favorite coin purchased in 2008.

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awb

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Whoa, I need to change the batteries in my keyboard. I do know "Bobby" has three Bs. Ignore the other missed key strokes!

 

Better 2 "B's" than 2 "O's" lol

 

Funny you should mention that. My wife gets a kick out of the Texas Numismatic Association show when it's in town, because she can tell her friends I'm going to the TNA show.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Of course, T&A alludes to something else that Booby, err Bobby, mentioned.

 

 

 

 

Happy New Year, everyone!

 

:banana:

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Yep super photography work. Its a tough choice to pick one, both Jackson's Liberty and Van Buren's Liberty I love. Most of all Jackson's Liberty. Interesting to note the number of coins of the type in other peoples favourites. The original coins look amazing :D

 

My one favourite then.. I love them all.. Ok it would have to be this.

 

2006S San Francisco $5 Old Mint PF70 Ultra Cameo

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EZ_E

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Dang it, Doug! (worship) I think that I hate ya just a little! lol

 

That is one gorgeous dollar!!! I think it still retains some luster even! :cloud9:

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WoW! Those are really exceptional pictures! I love that photoshop, too. What program is it?

 

Was this directed at me? I don't want to ignore the question but I also don't want to be too presumptuous and think you were just complimenting me.

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EZ_E

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WoW! Those are really exceptional pictures! I love that photoshop, too. What program is it?

 

Was this directed at me? I don't want to ignore the question but I also don't want to be too presumptuous and think you were just complimenting me.

 

Yes, it was, you most humble gentleman. :grin:

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I saw this coin in a red book in 2006 and wanted it and this year I decided to go ahead and get it (calling it a birthday present to myself). It's one of 3 gold coins I added this year. I'm proud to have all 3 but this is definitely the best IMO. PF70UC, though the picture may not reflect it well because of lighting and the slab.

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astrostu

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WoW! Those are really exceptional pictures! I love that photoshop, too. What program is it?

 

Was this directed at me? I don't want to ignore the question but I also don't want to be too presumptuous and think you were just complimenting me.

 

Yes, it was, you most humble gentleman. :grin:

 

Yeah, one of those NY Resolutions is continuing my attempts to be less presumptuous/arrogant/etc.

 

Anyway, the photos were taken on an old Canon Rebel 350D with a relatively cheap-o Quantaray 70-300 mm macro lens. The First Spouse was taken of the coin (I briefly removed the top of the capsule to avoid glare) while the Panda was taken through a slab. I learned between the spouse and panda that to get the black fields on a proof, you aim the flash up.

 

The processing was just done in Photoshop. Adjusted curves, color, etc. to try to get it to look as it does in-hand, and that included some airbrushing of lint on the panda (yes, I admit it). The effects were also done in Photoshop, just some fairly simple circular marquees that were feathered around the border and then filled white or black. The reflections had a black gradient overlaid to let them fade out. I admit that it's somewhat of a copy of someone else's template (can't remember who, want to say spacemonkey) but I created it on my own just from observing his.

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Revenant

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It's a toss up between this proof half

 

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this proof set

 

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and this proof set

 

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I'm sorry I can't resist:

 

 

:mad: SHOW OFF! :boo:

 

 

 

 

Great coins man. Seriously, beyond words.

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SkyMan

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Boiler, you broke the rules of this thread. NO MORE THAN 3 COINS TOTAL. (tsk) I'm sorry but the penalty is you have to send me all the coins in your images that are above that number, e.g. 17 of those coins. :insane:

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I just read Mark Goodman's book, "Numismatic Photography", (highly recommended, btw) and he routinely uses photo software to make the coin resemble the coin in hand. I think it is acceptable and I, too, will photoshop lint out of the picture. As long as it is true to the coin then I have no problem with that.

 

I routinely use my Canon software for my editing although I do have photoshop 4.0 elements, I gave up using it the first week since it was so finicky. I love the mirror effect, though.

 

Boiler, I wanna be just like you when I grow up! :luhv:

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I have the constitution too, another awesome gold commem :) I am building a modern commem proof 70 set so the easy ones come first

 

The ones I picked up this year were the Constitution, the San Francisco Mint, and the Madison/Bill of Rights commem. I'm not interested in the entire set, just the ones I think make for good designs.

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