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<p>[QUOTE="Denis Richard, post: 4918865, member: 112673"]Speaking of certified coin photography, here's a shot of an 1835 gold Republic of Columbia 8 Escudos coin I took just the other day, using the same slab lighting technique I mentioned in my last post. You can see there are no pronounced highlights or shadows from the diffused overhead light, but still lots of texture and colour depth. The thing I don't like about shooting certified coins, other than shooting through a piece of plastic, is you always see the plastic edges of the holder around the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1185407[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1185408[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>...just out of curiosity, and for my own comparison, I found similar coins imaged by Heritage Auctions and NGC.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1185410[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1185409[/ATTACH]</p><p>and here by NGC.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1185411[/ATTACH]</p><p> I don't think any of them are very good. Anyone else have images of these kinds of coins?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Denis Richard, post: 4918865, member: 112673"]Speaking of certified coin photography, here's a shot of an 1835 gold Republic of Columbia 8 Escudos coin I took just the other day, using the same slab lighting technique I mentioned in my last post. You can see there are no pronounced highlights or shadows from the diffused overhead light, but still lots of texture and colour depth. The thing I don't like about shooting certified coins, other than shooting through a piece of plastic, is you always see the plastic edges of the holder around the coin. [ATTACH=full]1185407[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1185408[/ATTACH] ...just out of curiosity, and for my own comparison, I found similar coins imaged by Heritage Auctions and NGC. [ATTACH=full]1185410[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1185409[/ATTACH] and here by NGC. [ATTACH=full]1185411[/ATTACH] I don't think any of them are very good. Anyone else have images of these kinds of coins?[/QUOTE]
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