Good Golly, it's up to 122? I hope the Mint is doing some soul-searching about what went so seriously wrong with this issue.
Absolutely nothing wrong with it, unless you're looking for numismatic evaluation of the coin.
I hate to see it put this way, but it's the reality. It wasn't like this just a few short years ago.
That's the point, though. $5 coins are_not_profitable.
Let's start with, "What is 'low price' to you?" We'll go from there.
If all you want to do is define the physical details of a coin, an average inexpensive scanner will do nicely. If you want to post coins for grade...
This is the practice which will kill lowballing within the next few years. People not only "create" lowballs, they discuss it in public. It's like...
Hmmm. That makes this into an interesting problem. :) Have you tried autofocus? I've owned 4 examples of Canon's 100mm Macro, and all 4...
Tethering software is used with Live View to manually focus the shot while you look at the coin on your monitor in real time. You make all...
That costs any chance at depicting luster. If not showing luster is acceptable, it's a decent technique for showing details, but I quit lighting...
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