Showing posts with label Coin Collecting For Dummies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Coin Collecting For Dummies. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 16, 2013

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.

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Coin Collecting For Dummies - Book Review

Many of my friends are already collectors and started your collection years back. Many of you must have several hundred coins that may bring your several thousand dollars. But you need a punch so that you can be a veteran stamp or coin collector. So of that you will get from your friends and from various sites. But you need some basic training to Arrange your collection correctly and properly, Understand the correct value of your coins, Locate rare and expensive coins for your collection, Learn to avoid fakes, Motivate your loved ones into your hobby and be a veteran and expert in the field of coins. Coin Collecting For Dummies
If you want to learn more there are many resources available online. If you are ready to pay there are many books available. For example you can log on to Library.com for a collection of books on numismatic. Some of the titles are like

Coin Collecting For Dummies by Neil Berman & Ron Guth
Coins and Power in Late Iron Age Britain by John Creighton
Gold: The Once and Future Money by Nathan Lewis
Money and Sovereignty as Expressed in Gold Coinage by Douglas A. Mudd & Michael Fagin
National Bank Notes from Bowling Green, KY by J. Fred Maples
National Bank Notes from Frederick, Md. by J. Fred Maples

Coin Collecting For Dummies by Neil Berman & Ron Guth Covers the essentials of coin collecting at an affordable price. Spend wisely and then keep your collection in mint condition.
Coin Collecting For Dummies will teach you he basics like Store your collection correctly, Understand how age affects value, Locate rare and expensive coins, Get savvy with avoiding fakes, Get kids or loved ones involved. So visit the site http://www.lybrary.com/everything-numismatics-c-159.html and see what is available for you.