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Message:: [QUOTE="Clawcoins, post: 3606763, member: 77814"]Linear Plating Blisters (not  Bubbles) Yes, accurate images (lighting and focus) are the utmost importance in accurate results and feedback.  Many times one can determine the location, angle, intensity, color etc of the lighting. For instance a few items:- you can see the shadow on the top below the rim. There is no shadow on the bottom inside rim, but a reflection.  This identifies a single light source positioned above at an angle to the coin allowing a shadow at the upper inside rim.- the inside right of the M in America shows blow out highlights, or too much light reflection.  Showing an undiffused light source.  You can also see the light falloff on the lower part of the cent.  You can see more blown out on the A & last S of States, and varying degrees of reflection all over.- on the top part of the middle columns you see heavy shadows, and less shadows going to left/right.  you can even see shadows in UNUM.  Thus identifying the intensity of the light source.- of course you have to add into this the location of the sensor.- but you can see the white streaks to the right of the columns, and with the seemingly undiffused small intense bulb (LED?) light source from above at a steep angle one makes one think it's split plating, although it doesn't seem to exist elsewhere.intense, shadow lighting is good for some dramatic person portraits, not so much for coins.[ATTACH=full]965677[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]