I found this today. It has amazing shine and luster. I never have seen a coin of this age look so new. Its probably nothing. Thank for any answers. Just thought it was strange since I have seen newer in way worse condition.
The picture actually does this coin bad justice. Is way more mirrored. And the features are so much more deep in person. That's why I ask. Thanks.
Photographing a mirrored coin has the problem of getting too much light to the camera. You obviously were lighting toward the top of the coin which has some parts too bright and others too dark. The ideal is a diffused light. Using sunlight coming fro the north works best. There is something else strang. The thumbnail shots look perfectly round. The enlarged images are oblong. You don't need heavy shadows to sgow depth.
Wait til you try and take some close ups of proofs. Here's one I've started, its a Proof 1971-s Ike Dollar . It's listed as Wexler DDR-013
Antonio: The LED sounds like a good idea, but it should be more diffuse. I see heavy shadows on the left of Abe. I'm looking at Rick Stachowski's photo. I'm going to enquire how he received that depth.
Rick: How did you get such a great illusion of depth? I presume you were working with a highly reflective coin and that is why the letters seem to be floating.
For some reason unknown to me I find a lot of these 1968S in MS gem while roll searching. Here near San Francisco.
