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3 hours ago, Petra said:

😮free the 2019🤔😮(great coin)

Not when they've both got MS70.  They can stay imprisoned.  🤣

Lovely coins.  Well done.

Congrats

Pure aesthetics, probably PAMP Fortuna.  I have seen silver and gold in various sizes of that.

The Geigers look really nice, but I haven't seen their gold, only silver.  Looks good from the photo.

9 minutes ago, cjbcomm said:

Agreed.... designs really show up well in a double and seem to be the unloved bigger brother to some extent

Very much.  Full sovs often fetch prices equal to or even above the doubles.

27 minutes ago, cjbcomm said:

Selection of doubles collected today:

 

 

Lovely doubles.  Best value of all the sov sizes, and big enough to see.

Don't get me wrong, both are gorgeous coins.  I love the lettering on the 89.  But I appreciate the fineness of the EIC.

Neither coin is going to sell me on the obverse, though.  🙄

27 minutes ago, James32 said:

That's all I heard. Viva Las EIC

Figured you'd like that.  And honestly it's true.  The design itself has more detail, and the execution is better.

2024 Tudor Beast Dragon 1oz Silver Proof and Reverse Proof Set

Let the RM bashing continue.  Disappointed with the latest arrival.  The RP came with some road rash, and the proof had a collection of dings.  All easily visible with the naked eye.

These are actually lovely coins, but I didn't bother to take 'proper' photos of them, as they are going straight back in the post.

So what are the differences?  Frankly, not a lot between the two grades.

Example: The PF69 has this fine line on one of the lions.

where the PR70 doesn't.  But I don't believe that would make a difference.  I don't think it is visible even under a loupe.

What does stand out is that the 2021 is much finer.  Sure, it's 32 years newer, and the design is slightly different, but it is clearly more detailed.

2 hours ago, Silverlocks said:

The silver one has a lot of little hairs as well.  Maybe it's dust on the capsule.  I find if I'm taking photos, I wind up giving it a squirt with an air duster every two and a bit.

Agreed.  Having taken a lot of microscope photos as well as macro, dust and fibres are everywhere.  Unless the mint is in a clean room, like an electronics fab, you will never be rid of them.  And the moment you take off the top of the capsule to photograph it, it will be covered.  Not to mention the micro plastics that shed from the capsules themselves.  With the microscope, even slabbed coins are covered in tiny dust particles.

Air dusters are useful (don't use the canned stuff), and there are some electrostatic options, but you won't ever get rid of all of it.

Also, since I know you have an interchangeable lens camera, for a similar price to a plastic clip-on lens, you could try...

You will get far better pictures than any phone will produce.

On 06/03/2024 at 11:55, Aldebaran said:

I know that you’re right, as always, thank you😊

 

I generally agree with all of the above.

For further info, this is one of the first guides I did on here...

15 minutes ago, James32 said:

You just interrupted fait...this coin was mine on Friday for sub £1500.

Good.

🤣

1 hour ago, paulmerton said:

Cor, they all have them. This is on the 2020 1oz Quokka.

I've had another look.  Definitely nothing in the lettering, like on the roo and quokka.

It must be the P on the far left of the rock on the reverse.

It's much smaller than the other lettering, but you can still see it with the naked eye (just).  Maybe a quarter of a millimetre tall.