Share one of your best coin photos

As most of us know "Coin Talk" is one of the BEST forums for coin photography. With its 1920 x 1920 pixel limits (and 10 MB size) one can really express good stuff.

Just purchased a 2008 Canon PowerShot SX110 IS. It is a 9 megapixel camera. Slightly used. I got it as I wanted slightly better images than what my Nikon CoolPix L6 provided. After much testing, the Canon is slightly better, but probably due to a slightly larger CCD. Anyways, this is one of my best shots with it. Using two lights (incandescent) one on each side. No light filtering, set white balance to incandescent. By the way, the Nikon, a 6 megapixel camera, sure has a good lens!! It is hard to beat for general photography. It has a 3x optical zoom, my newer Canon, used for the image below, has a 10x optical zoom. I placed the actual cent about 1 inch below the lens. So lets see some of your better images, and include imaging data and camera type. Please only one shot per reply. Below a 1916 S "woodie", a copper coin, as coppers are more difficult to capture perfectly (IMHO).
Gary in Washington

 

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1854 Large Cent.

 

1/13 sec f/8 ISO 64 105mm Nikon D810

 

Nice shot, but did you make it, and with what?? Caught the blue quite nicely!

 

Another great shot, wonderfully arranged, did you make it? And if so please inform the mechanics. In fact this shot is really very well executed. Please share relevant data.

 

I should also add that the photo of 1916 S woodie, in the OP, had this data:
speed 1/125 Av 4.0 ISO 80 and Focal Length 6.0 mm..

 

I use a Canon SX20IS

 

Love them Daniels 'D'.......

 

Me Too

 

I was going to post this one but it's only a 66

 

I don't think it's particularly "good," but this one appeals to me for some reason. Canon T2i/Canon 100mm Macro, too lazy to try to retrieve EXIF data on my smartphone.

More to come.

 

Photo are on my laptop which is out of battey, I use a Nikon D5200 with a tripod setup and lamp. I then edit with photoscape.

 

Let's see if I can help you out a bit Dave.

Cannon EOS Rebel T2i

1/30s

100mm

F8.0

ISO 400

 

Yes that is my CWT and my picture. I don't steal pictures. This is my photo set up. Camera is a Nikon D5100

 

Not sure what I'd call my best picture, but it's hard to go wrong with a really photogenic coin (Nikon D80, 105/4 Micro-Nikkor, ISO 100, 1/20 sec., f8):

 

This one is my avatar and one of my best coins in my Type Set.

 

That was shot on the bourse floor at the FUN show, overhead lighting and all (in addition to two Jansjos). I think it's a testament to the fundamental quality of Canon's 100mm Macro lens.

This one's from my more usual dSLR/bellows rig (similar to PennyGuy's), T2i/75mm APO Rodagon D:

 

Canon XS, Canon FL bellows, El-Omegar 75mm F/3.5 Enlarging Lens mounted on a converted Bausch Lomb A stand.