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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;umtrr-author, post: 229852, member: 5719&quot;]OK, I read some of the threads on coin photography this morning, and decided to break out that macro lens for the Digital Rebel that I bought with the camera and have hardly used... </p><p><br /></p><p>I also jerry-rigged a &quot;stand&quot; (from model train boxes!) which still needs work.&nbsp; Namely, there is a &quot;slot&quot; that I can place the coin into (to which the tab of the plastic box fits into), but that obscures the very bottom of the coin. </p><p><br /></p><p>I hope I have jumped from outstandingly incompetent to approaching mediocre with these shots:</p><p><br /></p><p>First the 17-S from my original folder:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.irwinsjournal.com/ct/17so-obv.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://www.irwinsjournal.com/ct/17so-rev.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Obviously very beat up!</p><p><br /></p><p>Now the upgrade that I think has been cleaned:</p><p><img src="http://www.irwinsjournal.com/ct/17sn-obv.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://www.irwinsjournal.com/ct/17sn-rev.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Just weird wear on the &quot;AMERICA&quot; even though the wheat ears don&#039;t look too bad.</p><p><br /></p><p>Phoenix, you asked about the 09-VDB (not an S!) and here it is.&nbsp; </p><p><img src="http://www.irwinsjournal.com/ct/09vdb-obv.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://www.irwinsjournal.com/ct/09vdb-rev.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>It amazes me that the macro lens is <b>so</b> sensitive that even the slight tilt of the coin to avoid the slot in the box lid causes some lack of focus!&nbsp; But you get the idea... It won&#039;t win any prizes and it won&#039;t be slabbed, but it&#039;s OK for a 98 year old cent!</p><p><br /></p><p>This does encourage me to try some more coin photography at some point.&nbsp; Now, to have something worth photographing![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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