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Post by George on Mar 10, 2005 5:18:38 GMT -5
The following message was sent to the USNS via email today by PhantomsRebirth@aol.com: Hi we have this coin but we dont have a scanner. It's not in mint condition and it's kind of beat up. Can you tell us more info about this coin. When I have the front part of the coin facing towards me and then I flip it towards me the coin is inverted or upside down. I noticed that when regular coins are flipped in the same way the coins are right side up. Is the coin rare and is it worth anything? Perhaps someone else can make some sense of it. I sure as hell can't.
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Post by evm111 on Mar 10, 2005 15:31:13 GMT -5
Did the person include a scan of the coin? I think I understand what he means about the upside down part. Once, when I was trying to make scans of a coin at the local Kinkos, I would lay the coin right-side-up on the glass, but the image would come out upside-down! I actually had 3 coins set on the glass (it was the Parva Domus coins), and the MIDDLE one was coming out upside-down, not the ones at the ends). After a while, I asked the guy who worked there to help me out, and we figured out that it had something to do with the settings on the machine. Something about "professional quality" or some such thing.
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Post by shibolet on Mar 11, 2005 3:06:01 GMT -5
George,
I think what "phantomrebirth" means is that the coin has a "medal allignment" instead of a "coin allignment".
Just write them and tell them that to know if the coin has any value, we first have to know which coin it is. ..(i.e. a description of both sides, including the text & portrait). We'll be glad to check it out...
If you want me to contact the "phantom" instead, I can do it for you. Just send me a line, personally.
Shibolet
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Post by evm111 on Mar 11, 2005 10:38:28 GMT -5
Hi, yeah, you're right Chaim! He is talking about the alignment; when he mentioned the scanner, I erroneously just went with that. Maybe he's talking about an American coin that ended up aligned wrongly.
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