World coins & medals

[Mox]

2014 Andorra Atlas of Wildlife 1oz silver. Supposed to be the first set of a series, this was the only set produced with a mintage of 1,000. Original packaging, certs, map etc. (Warning for those who may get triggered, this post contains pictures of a turtles head....).

Probably going to retake three of the individual coin pics

 

Edited May 22, 2023 by Mox

[Auronum]

Summer is a great time to add to your Mexican gold coin collection! 🇲🇽🇲🇽🌞🌞🇲🇽🇲🇽
 

Check our availability: https://auronum.co.uk/gold-coins/foreign-gold-coins/mexican-gold-pesos/ 

[Silverlocks]

2022 KOMSCO Tiger

[Silverlocks]

Germania Mythical Forest Series 2019-2023 The last coin in this series has just been released completing the series of 4.  Here are some pics of the coins with an enhancement called 'dynamic range optimisation' that attempts to push the contrast of the picture to fill most of the possible gamut.    Lighting is a ring light more or less flush with the lens and a panel key light at about 10:30. For some reason was no coin produced for this series in 2020. 2019 Oak Leaf

2021 Chestnut Leaf

2022 Linden Leaf

2023 Beech Leaf

 

Edited June 30, 2023 by Silverlocks

[MaxeBaumann]

6 hours ago, Silverlocks said:

Germania Mythical Forest Serie 2019-2023 Die letzte Münze dieser Serie wurde gerade herausgegeben und vervollständigt die Serie von 4 Münzen. Hier sind einige Bilder der Münzen mit einer Verbesserung namens „Dynamic Range Optimization“, die versucht, den Kontrast des Bildes so zu erhöhen, dass er den größten Teil der möglichen Farbskala ausfüllt. Die Beleuchtung besteht aus einem Ringlicht, das mehr oder weniger bündig mit der Linse abschließt, und einem Bedienfeld-Tastenlicht um etwa 10:30 Uhr. Aus irgendeinem Grund wurde im Jahr 2020 keine Münze für diese Serie hergestellt. 2019 Eichenblatt

2021 Kastanienblatt

2022 Lindenblatt

2023 Buchenblatt

 

You take beautiful photos, a pleasure to look at, thank you very much. Greetings Maxe.

[Silverlocks]

2 hours ago, MaxeBaumann said:

You take beautiful photos, a pleasure to look at, thank you very much. Greetings Maxe.

Thank you.  I just got a camera a couple of months ago - that makes it so much easier to get decent photos.  The Samsung phone I was using before didn't have a terribly good camera.  Although now you see something called a periscope camera in phones that has a mirror that reflects 90 degrees so you can make cameras with a longer focal length.  There are some folks with smart phone cameras like that getting surprisingly good photos.

[Silverlocks]

Germania Allegories series 2019-2023 This is the Allegories series which has run from 2019-2023, taken with the same dynamic range optimisation  settings as the Mythical Forest series above.  Two coins were produced for this series in 2019. 2019 Britannia & Germania

2019 Colombia & Germania

2020 Italia & Germania

2021 Austria & Germania

2022 Polonia & Germania

2023 Gallia & Germania

 

[Silverlocks]

Lady Germania series 2019-2023 Another experiment, this time saving the JPEGs with sRGB colour gamut.   2019 Germania

2020 Germania

2021 Germania

2022 Germania

2023 Germania

Edited June 30, 2023 by Silverlocks

[Silverlocks]

A little experiment - video

Thanks to @Charliemouse for the suggestion and how to.  Still just experimenting,
so a way to go to get lighting and video editing right, but here it is, end to end.

 

 

[MaxeBaumann]

Experiment very successful, thank you for that and a beautiful coin it is. Maxe.

[Silverlocks]

1 hour ago, MaxeBaumann said:

Experiment very successful, thank you for that and a beautiful coin it is. Maxe.

I'm just beginning to try this, but @Charliemouse has put up one or two videos like this as well, which have come out better than this one.  I've got quite a bit of nice silver that will lend itself to this, so I shall continue to frig with it.  I'm kinda tempted to start buying random 1oz silver coins because they're very photogenic.

[Silverlocks]

2023 Chiwoo oblique shot Taken from an oblique angle with focus stacking, at the suggestion of a certain mouse.  Perhaps a bit too much glare off the inscription.  I think this could also do with a bit more visible background, even just one of the little plastic easels.

Edited August 14, 2023 by Silverlocks

[Auronum]

From Russia with love, vodka and gold chervonetz 🇷🇺

[Wilburwombat]

2023 Wombat 1oz silver - Perth Mint

I couldn't find a general 'Australian coin' thread, so I'm posting it here, apologies if it's the wrong thread. Unfortunately when I picked my camera up I discovered my batteries where completely flat so I had to make do with my phone. The glossy nature of it meant reflections where a challenge!

[Silverlocks]

Fiji Cats redux

I got a little light box that's really too small.  However, with some chicanery I've managed to fit the camera and lights into it.  The coin has a decent strike and a prooflike finish with nice, mirror-like fields.  Here's an experiment in lighting.  I think I'm going to have to find one that's about a size or two larger.  Feel free to zoom in - the image is 3,072 pixels across.

 

Edited November 6, 2023 by Silverlocks

[trozau]

1985 struck China Bao Yuan 1/10 troz 999 Au Vault Protector (max mintage 10,000)

[Silverr]

SA 5 Shilling date run+ 2 Reichs 

[1stsovereign]

On 26/12/2023 at 20:41, Silverr said:

SA 5 Shilling date run+ 2 Reichs 

Love that SA date run set! Managed to buy one of those about 6 yeas ago - still sits on the shelf in that crispy red box as I like it too much too sell it   

[Silverr]

On 02/01/2024 at 09:26, 1stsovereign said:

Love that SA date run set! Managed to buy one of those about 6 yeas ago - still sits on the shelf in that crispy red box as I like it too much too sell it   

What would you value the set at?

[1stsovereign]

On 27/01/2024 at 15:55, Silverr said:

What would you value the set at?

Just about silver content - maybe 5% over but that's it I am afraid.

I kept it only because I liked it and that red box reminds me of lovely red Ferrari - which I can only dream of. 

[StevenDS]

New project. Tubes in transit.

 

[Mox]

[Mox]

Spanish 5 pesetas, 1871 with knife, file and scissors, 1875 with cigarette lighter.

[AgD]

A couple of beauties from my silver world coin collection.

Cuban un Peso 1934

Japanese one yen 1905

[CoinCupboard]

@AgD

Nice coins, the Japanese looks really nice with the dragon. 

I have a few of those Cuban coins in my collection too, hard to find them on eBay at least as it is forbidden to sell them there.