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Dark Sider
New Member
United States
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 Posted 06/19/2008 2:38 pm
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| I got some state quarters at the bank today and they included a coin blank for a quarter. Is there any value for coin blanks for collectors? I figure it was worth the quarter anyway just to have as an example of the process the mint goes through to mint coins. |
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| Question For The Experts
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Dark Sider
New Member
United States
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Posted 03/08/2008 7:25 pm
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I have a 2x teleconverter I used for my Nikon FG film camera and I was never very impressed with the pictures I got from the teleconverter. Teleconverters may have improved and they are a cheap solution for making a lens longer but most people I have talked with even if they have one are unimpressed with the results.
What camera body are you using? At the risk of hijacking the thread, I have wondered if it would be a cheap elegant solution to try using a good used Macro lens which is compatible with your camera body there is another thread about this further down. I wouldn't be surprised if you could get a nice used manual lens for not much more than the teleconverter and you really don't need all the automatic stuff for coin photography. |
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| I Need These Identified | Several European Coins
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Dark Sider
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United States
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Posted 02/11/2008 4:33 pm
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The first is a Franc from France. 1985 KM #925.1
The second coin is from west Germany. The 1,2,5 and 10 Pfennig have the same design on the obverse. They are different sizes. The easiest way to tell the denomination is to look on the back and the number there is the denomination. I would guess it is a 1 Pfennig 1979 KM #105.
The third coin is a 5 Filler from Hungary 1970 KM#549.
You could easily find any one of these coins in a box of mixed coins at a coin shop for 20 cents each.
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| FAO Coins
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Dark Sider
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United States
37 Posts |
Posted 02/09/2008 3:48 pm
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FAO coins were meant to be educational and therefore it was better if they could be widely circulated. If you look through the list many countries such as the US, Canada Germany etc. had no FAO coins and some like India, Bangladesh and Turkey had a different one every year following a variety of topics.
If you look through the list of FAO coins I think it is safe to say that just about all of the silver and gold coins are for collectors only and most of the other coins did circulate at one time or another. |
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| FAO Coins
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Dark Sider
New Member
United States
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Posted 02/09/2008 3:38 pm
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There are more countries that issue coins than countries that have mints. There are 63 countries with mints listed in a website I was looking at that attempted to list all of the mints in the world. There are many more countries that issue coins than that.
Some of those countries without mints use private mints for instance the Franklin Mint used to make coinage for some countries. Some of the countries use other countries mints. There are some people who collect foreign coins that were made at the US mint. |
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| Pairing Manual Film Lenses With A Digital Slr
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Dark Sider
New Member
United States
37 Posts |
Posted 02/09/2008 12:36 pm
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I thought this would be a good topic for those who might consider getting a digital slr but don't really know if they can justify spending almost as much again for a lens specifically for taking pictures of coins.
For coins, it is more important to have the capability to do manual focus and exposure than it is to have automatic focus and exposure. I would not be surprised if some of these older, cheaper lenses have glass as good as anything except maybe the highest end today. |
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| George V King 1919- 1 Anna Questions
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Dark Sider
New Member
United States
37 Posts |
Posted 02/09/2008 12:25 pm
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I looked it up and nagari is the script used to write Hindi. I have an example of that coin and it had never occured to me that their are five languages written on a single coin.
I can't think of any country that has five langauages on their coins. Many have two languages. Israel for one has three languages but five is a lot of languages to have on one coin.
I would not be surprised if somewhere there is a commemmorative that has a dozen languages saying "peace" or something like that. |
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| Pairing Manual Film Lenses With A Digital Slr
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Dark Sider
New Member
United States
37 Posts |
Posted 02/08/2008 11:42 pm
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That's a very nice picture. In macro photograpy is it really the ratio that you can obtain that is more important then the length of the lens as long as you can get far enough away to have proper lighting.
If one is taking pictures of whole coins is it really necessary to get a 1:1 ratio. For instance if you were taking a picture of a very small coin like a silver 3 pence you might get most of the coin in at 1:1, but if you are taking a picture of a larger coin would you necesarily get anywhere needing that kind of magnification? |
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| Pairing Manual Film Lenses With A Digital Slr
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Dark Sider
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United States
37 Posts |
Posted 02/08/2008 10:32 pm
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Thank you for the information about the Nikon 55 and 105. I don't have a digital slr so I'm not really that concerned about getting any particular brand. What older lenses are there that give a maximum magnification of 1:1?
I have heard of using a reversed lens for macro. It sounds kind of awkward but I have heard it is effective. Have you ever tried it and what were your results? |
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| Pairing Manual Film Lenses With A Digital Slr
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Dark Sider
New Member
United States
37 Posts |
Posted 02/08/2008 10:03 pm
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I have used Nikon in the past for my film camera. I have a Nikon FG with a Sakar 35 - 200 zoom lens. That lens has macro but I don't imagine that it's much of a macro lens. Recently I have used a point and shoot and more recently a Kodak digital point and shoot. It doesn't take pictures of coins.
Have you ever tried any of the older AI lenses on a digital body. I think they could work quite well.
As I looked on E-bay it seems that the Nikon 55 macro and 105 macro are the most common good macro lenses available for resale. The average prices are actually close to twice what I quoted earlier but they are still half or less of a newer autofocus lens.
Some people swear by leica or some of the German lenses but they are much more expensive.
I understand there are some third party lenses that are actually very good lenses but I have not seen any of the older lenses for sale on ebay. I would think that they could be had for a reasonable cost. |
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| Pairing Manual Film Lenses With A Digital Slr
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Dark Sider
New Member
United States
37 Posts |
Posted 02/08/2008 5:59 pm
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| The most popular digital slr is the canon eos system. I understand it is possible to use an adapter which allows one to use Nikon and other lenses. They range in price from about 25 dollars up to around 200 dollars. There are a number of quality used macro lenses which are out there. The people I have talked to at photography stores like Canon bodies because they think they are more reliable. They also like Nikon or Leica lenses. It seems that one could use the very finest of the older very fine lenses for a substantial discount. |
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