And I love Varieties! I enjoy searching BU rolls of Wheat Cents to find RPMs, Doubled Dies, BIEs, and unusual die anomalies. And when I find them,...
I still use v3.12. It works for so many things, never worried about upgrading.
David McCarthy wrote an article on the J-2081 Cent for the January 2019 Numismatist, and used my 3-D cross-section photos of the coin to prove...
That's about right, but maybe the lights are just too close to the lens, making the light too axial. Have you tried blocking off the inner LED(s)?
I am not sure what to say. It should not look like that based on my experience. How far away from the coin are the lights?
No worries, it was a good thought Chris! Many folks have asked me to build something like the OP is doing, but I've never been all that enthused...
Ringlights are too multi-directional to show luster. Luster presentation depends on reflection of light off the surfaces of the flow lines. Single...
I looked through 10 pages of listings in the Amazon link above but I didn't see a single product that could be used for shooting coins.
The classic way to light coins is with two lamps, one at ~10:00, the other at ~2:00. This imparts a cross-pair of luster bars. If you need to add...
Second and Third systems have been sold! I am building a 4th and am still soliciting inputs for improvements. Some folks have requested "axial"...
The idea is to place a mirror where the coin goes; stop down the lens to increase depth of field; then adjust the focus until the front of the...
I shoot Cents or smaller at f5.6 to maintain sharpness. DOF is just right long as the coin is perfectly flat. I use the mirror method to make...
AF is OK if you don't care about getting really sharp shots, and can shoot with a small aperture (f11 or even f16) so that the depth of field is...
I have just finished pre-building a few basic systems. Contact me by PM or via my website contact page if you have interest in any of these...
When I am not using my stereo microscope, I use an enlarger lens for viewing. They are FAR better corrected, with no distortion or color problems,...
IMO the best tool for viewing coins under magnification is a stereo microscope. I use Bausch & Lomb Stereo and StereoZoom types. They "sound"...
The coins were not denominated in Dollars/Cents, and were not legal tender for use on the US mainland.
I am very fond of USPI coinage. Here is my 1904 Five Centavo obverse: [ATTACH]
Because it is not the truth? It did happen...
They added just a small amount of shellcases to a normal melt, thus it was largely symbolic.
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