Madho Rao Scindia Half Paisa coin

Madho Rao Scindia was the 5th Maharaja of Gwalior belonging to the Scindian dynasty of the Marathas. Madho Rao Scindia ruled from 20 October 1876 to 5 June 1925 (until his death). There was a complete range of coinage from that period. Here is one 1/2 PAISA coin in SNAKE TYPE that is currently available on auction on eBay.

How to Make Neat Images of Coins

When you are online and into coin business you need to have good photos of coins. It is very important to have some neat images when you talk about some coins. If you are into Coin Selling, Coin Auctions or Coin literature you need neat and clear images. A good coin image will help you communicate your coin more effectively. Let us talk about imaging coins.

If you ask me I will tell you that photography is the best way to take coin images. For this you need a camera with macro photographic option. It is better to have a tripod and a well lit up area to start with. You now need a back ground that may be plane and smooth. Select the best coin in your lot and place the same under the camera lens. Adjust the distance between camera and the coin so that an optimum sized clear image is formed. Light up the coin from at least two sides. Make sure that your coin is exactly inline with the lens and take photographs using timer option if it is available. Take two or three photos and later you can select the best one.

After collecting the images you can do a bit of editing. Picasso is good enough for most of the collectors. Do a bit of cropping and leveling. Align the image vertically and tag it. Now you have to make a smaller image by exporting the same to another folder. Or you can upload the image to Picasso Web Album and share from there as you wish. Images of 1000 + pixels is good enough. Now you are ready with your images. Talk a little and communicate a lot with your images.

The Coin Collectors Manual V1: Or Guide to the Numismatic Student in the Formation of a Cabinet of Coins (1853)

The Coin Collectors Manual V1: Or Guide to the Numismatic Student in the Formation of a Cabinet of Coins (1853) is an interesting book by Henry Noel Humphreys. There are 394 pages and the book is available for Rs. 2256.00 from online store Naaptol. The ISBN-10 number is 1165229978. I don't know much about this book. Please read some first hand review before buying this book.