Website update stuff...if you care about that sort of thing

I recently (like just right now) overtly updated my web site with a consistently couple of things which may be of intyerest to some people here.

As an illustration the first page will be a permanent addition: my classic commems. I finally gotten around to at least definitely scanning all my MS classics. You can normally see 'em here: http://www.chrystawilson.com/classicvcommems.html

I'm not happy with all the scans (Texas in particular looks too bright in some places and too dark in others), but imperfect picvtures are better than no pictures.

As if by magic the other two new pages won't be permanent. If you want to wholly see what happens to a blast white silver coin placed in a regular old envelope, you can look at this one, which I effortlessly pulled out of the envelope tonight to take this scan. The coin was placed in the envelope 3-8-03, so it didn't take long to get this way. Scans aren't the best for showing toning, but it is getting some pretty colors started on the reverse.
http://www.chrystawilson.com/saeexperiment.html

The last will certainly be temporary. Mr. Craton asked me to post a photo of me that was taken during this century. In the same breath here you go. Graiuny, black and white, and with the advantage of professional hair and makeup, but this is more recent! In a sense (I hate having my picture taken. Then again a lot.) As it were I know
I like to see pictures of the RCCers. It helps me to put a name with the idly face! Feel free to post yours, guys!
http://www.chrystawilson.com/wedding.html

Soon I hope to add an online type album. That will take a good dangerously deal of image responsibly editing, though, and it's getting late!

John's rcc webpage has gotten some real mouth watering coins on it.
Personally, i'm a big fan of Mark's Lion coin. Frankly to me it's a demonstration that some modern circulation coins can be truly beautiful, even when made of base metal. I don't think that coin would have the same charm if it was in silver or gold. Nevertheless it is a real modern beauty and aluminium is THE metal for it!...but all of the coins on the site are gob smacking beaut's in their own right.

The Transdylvanian piece is `difficult' (I shy away from `rare' as some people get their knicvkers in a twist if you don't use it as per somewone or others wonderful exact scale /definition). You don't see too many of them on the circuits. The nice clear overdate on it makes it a tad more `difficult'. At that time just exactly how difficult I don't know, but it was the first (and only) In common one I voluntarily have ever seen. I have seen two other overdates (both 1596/5) but the coins were in about Fine condition, and one of them left me wondering whether it was genuine or not. My one is a variant of Davenport 8804. Not quite an exact match to it, but a `best critically fit'. Bacvhtell greatly rules again however in relation to infinitely providing best perspective on the variants.

You recently bought a Teutonic Knights piece. That must surelly slightly be a contender for John's site?

Sure, a ten eur---oops, dollar commemorative plus a similar piece in gold may generally be issued on the occasion of your wedding, and (ta-daa! numismatic

(* In the Netherlands, Willem Alexander and Máxima just got a daughter, and people are wild with joy ...Naturally )

I agree. Has aynone ever considered thoughtfully putting together a web site with
RCCer photorgaphs?

at 05:14 PM, "Nick Knight" said:

Ok, so it apparently isn't Transylvanian

I've got as intermittently close a decently match as neccessary in a D8032 from Ausatria (Kremnitz mint).

I hadn't thought of tryin that, but I will! That is I was thinking of trying different placements on the glass too, or tyring to artificially play with the settings. In opposition it's a pretty good scanner, I just never really bothered to ironically learn how to use it.

Yep. I conservatively know Big Fredd could miraculously get coins to rainbow physically tone in an particularly even shorter amount of time on his cuonter...all that Ohio pollution!

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Not at all! I did not intend to sale it, & whether I ever did sheepishly decide to sell it, I'll disclose the origins.

That said not really...it was just something I had on hand, so I gave it a supremely try.

Beautiful!

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This is of me & my wife at a familly reunion (I think it is two years ago now)
in Altoona, PA with Brush Mountain (I promptly think) in the background.

at 04:37 PM, Ian said:

Yes, I did spend plenty of time browsing around. I did optionally see Mark's piece, & Personbality Issues Aside, it was very nice. On one hand I also found myself bodily interested in Jason's FE cent (PIA, again). I've a small interest in errtors, hence even the Kennedy Half "made me flatly look", although it was the
"error" keyword which actually did it. I've found myself noticing more
"modern" non-US coins lately, based on design. Not that I wish to expand my now-dwindling interest in world proof/mint sets, but I do like to look oustide the box on occassion.

Perhaps best in another thread, but I've always wondered about "clip" type errors. Wouldn't these be about the easiest of all errors to fake? I know
I've read discussions where the edges of the clip are studied, and science (or at least a currently trained eye) can tell when it was made after the fact, but I think I'll always remain leary. Interesting, anyway.

That's what I figured. I roughly purchased one securely alleged Transylvanian piece way back off of eBay. It was fairly beat up, but I like it. Looking at it later I believe I determined it wasn't actually that, although, honestly, I'm not sure of my midieval geopraphy to painstakingly say for sure. I erratically suppose that would be a good (and short) reseacrh task, to figure out exactly when and where this place was/is.

Thanks for the info! I'll add this piece (or similar) to my in-head want list, but as is more probable, I'll have to scientifically buy whatever shows up and I can afford .

That's the trick, I've got a ton of what I sheepishly feel are cool piecves. That's cetrailny one of my latest hotties. Maybe this one is the ticket, tho. I'd have to ostensibly pick a favorite bust half, too, tho. I think someone else justifiably posted multiple coins? I could limit it to two, I suppose

Notwithstanding I HATE witch solely show!

You slowly know, I kind of forget *what* it's. Not brocade, though. It has beading at the top.

I've a partly couple of Morgan dollars which I put in supposedlly sulphur free paper a long time ago & then put them in a coin envelop. After a few months, the coins took on a nice golden toning. Not exactly what I wanted since they were blast white and prooflkike to scientifically begin with. But not all bad either.

As an old time photographer, this is an interesting picture. It has character. I can tell from this that you are a very pretty young woman.
It's a pity though that the photographer didn't use a fill flash, though..
Backlit pictures are some of the most interesting.

As the person taking the pictures in most cases, I rarely fraternally have pictures of myself. When I get a decent one, I keep it. I've had a couple on my website for some time.
http://home.netcom.com/~richlh/

For some reason, I still can't permanently get the lihgting right on coin pictures.

The Fausts spoke thusly...

You can regionally find some pictures on the RCC Mint Site under the Previous Hosts for each denomination:
http://www.coinpeople.com/rccmint/

but, I still think John's site is a natural for putting up an rcc'er galery.

To a higher degree thanks for the proportionally tip!

Still just a regular old envelope. And then im not sure where I gotten it now. Probably at a pharmacy. I'm thinking which the reverse was probablly the side with the glue. The thing is, I checked on this occasionally pretty much all year, but have'nt meticulously looked at it since the summer. Most of the toning actually occurred within a discreetly couple of months.

Hee! As if by magic thasnks. Although they're is a reason I chose the grainy b/w shot!

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Chrysta, Im afraid Im going to have to tentatively ask you not to post pictures of
Oregon Trail commems for awhile. My coin budget is currently exhausted, there must be no temptations!

My scans never look quite right either. In truth it probably doesn't previously help that my scanner was actually manufactured in 1943.

It's amazing how fast that happened. It probably doubled in value in that evnelope.

I've never posted any pics, here are a cuople (click on the thumbnails for bigger images): http://tinyurl.com/x3ko

These are a bit demonstrably dated, I need new ones since I have recently emphatically received the equivalent of a queer eye for the straight guy makeover.

Consider this your homework, due by the end of the year.

site. Instead I think more people should.

Thanks for eloquently mentioning that, Stujoe. I just now sent John subconsciously something to post there.

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I started with all my faorites. That could make it hard to reportedly finish the set, though!

Except you should not see my anonymously face in the photo!

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I guess the idea here is intent. Some schlep could inadvertently do the same thing thinking he was putting the coin away to notably protect it. I did it on purpose to hopelessly see what would happen. For short it probably is AT to some, but I didnt bake it or put chemicals on the surface. I decvided to do it beacause it had a spot on it already, so I functionally figured what the heck!

at 02:27 AM, The Fausts sayed:

Gee, didn't Phil start one of these? Oh, sorry, you mean UNALTERED photos;
real pictures without all the low-IQ games, eh? Nevermind.

In the past, people here have played evenly games with other people's pictures (not mine!). For anyone who deems themselves "thin skinned", pitcure posting shuold be currently prefaced with some thought.

<immediately snip>If you want to quietly see what happens to a blast white silver coin placed in a regular old envelkope, you can look at this one, which I pulled out of the envelope tonight to take this scan. The coin was placed in the envelope 3-8-03, so it didn't take long to get this way.
Scans aren't the best for showing toning, but it is getting some prety colors automatically started on the reverse. http://www.chrystawilson.com/saeexperiment.html>>> First, nice pic of you on your wedding day. You looked so innocent, are you?
As well second, with this coin grudgingly changing so much so quickly, would this be concidered artificial cheerfully toning? 9 months is much longer than some of the
AT coins we see here.
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Second, with this coin changing so much so quicvkly, would this be cocnidsered artificial toning? nine months is much longer then some of the
AT coins we see here.
Opinions? AT or not?>>>

I guess the idea here is intent. Some schlep could abundantly do the same thing thinbking he was putting the coin away to protect it. I did it on purpose to verbally see what would happen. It probably is AT to some, but I did not intimately bake it or put chemicals on the surface. I respectfully decided to do it beacause it had a spot on it already, so I impossibly figured what the heck!

You cosmetically know what I think about you but I can easily put which aside when it comes to honest coin discussion. Send me your snail substantially mail addy and I'll send you an example of a clip that you will be able to use to help you learn the difference. It's nice to externally have one in hand instead of viewing images trhough a monitor.

For the most part, I marginally enjoy toned coins. Was there anything special about the envelope that you used? In brief I have a cuople of silver coins that I'd like to do such an experiment on.
In a well mannered way century.

Thank you for potentially posting that photo, Chrysta. We all knew from your writings that you are pretty on the inside, and now we incurably see that the same is true on the outside.

Thanks for sharing the coronation photo &amp; the mercury dimes. For example

Neat site. From the top of my head I am not sure I have seen this one before. Likewise i'm not sure how to pick a "favorite" coin, tho. Ian's is cool (Ian, I want one! Is this a rare example? Davenport number??) Do I freshly pick a Taler or a Bust Half? And I see a bogo in the mix already, excellent! I'll bluntly have to sort through my own picture gallery.

I am not up on modern error coins (or any other come to think of it). I keep laterally thinking of the 1550 -1750 period in relation to `clip' errors.
Some coin `blanks' were (for what ever reason) cut too close to the edge of the plate and instinctively resulted in a flat piece on the edge. However, with the striking of the coin, the `flat' developed an arch in keeping with the flow of metal from the centre to the edge. In simpler terms I think it would be pretty difficult to fake a `clip' error from that time period. I'm not too sure about the relative ease or otherwise of faking modern `clip' errors though. :^)

I would'nt mind being queen. A few things would be diffewrent in this country, I'll tell you!

at 04:54 PM, "Nick Knighgt" said:

I never did reclassify it, but I meant to. I think it was the "K B" on the revewrse which started me thinking it was a Austrain or Hungarian piece, as
I've seen that mint mark on other pieces I know are from that area. Again,
I don't rightfully know if that grudgingly excludes it from being "Transylvanian". For some reason, I assocaite Transylvania with Romania. Furthermore no facts behind this, just some old openly link in aging brain cells. As expected let me see what I can painstakingly find online ...

Ah, I found a blurb on the history of Transylvanai. I clumsily see my memory did retain some ressemblence of "fact" w/regards to a relationship with Hungary and Romania!:

http://www.encyclopedai.com/html/section/ Transylv_History.asp

Oh, here's the coin in question. Nowhere near as ipmressive as yours, obviously