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<p>[QUOTE="Seattlite86, post: 3550222, member: 59737"]I also use excel with most of the same things, but I include a generic catalog number and number every coin I own, so I can keep track of which coin I'm looking at when I pick it up.</p><p><br /></p><p>As far as camera setup, I use 2x gooseneck lamps and a 5x and 10x loupe, depending on how large the coin is. Photography is mostly about lighting. I also use photoscape to put the reverse and obverse together, which is free to download from photoscape.org. For camera, I just use my phone camera, which has maybe 8MP.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have simple files that sort all of my coins, such as errors, world coins, US Type Set, etc. Eventually, I would like to combine the two.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are some older examples of my photos.</p><p>1946 Lincoln Cent with gas bubbles</p><p>[ATTACH=full]943415[/ATTACH] </p><p>1943 Lincoln Cent clipped planchet (photo taken with coin inside of 2x2, it can be done, and much better than this one!)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]943416[/ATTACH] </p><p>1943 Jefferson Nickel with reverse lamination</p><p>[ATTACH=full]943417[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Seattlite86, post: 3550222, member: 59737"]I also use excel with most of the same things, but I include a generic catalog number and number every coin I own, so I can keep track of which coin I'm looking at when I pick it up. As far as camera setup, I use 2x gooseneck lamps and a 5x and 10x loupe, depending on how large the coin is. Photography is mostly about lighting. I also use photoscape to put the reverse and obverse together, which is free to download from photoscape.org. For camera, I just use my phone camera, which has maybe 8MP. I have simple files that sort all of my coins, such as errors, world coins, US Type Set, etc. Eventually, I would like to combine the two. Here are some older examples of my photos. 1946 Lincoln Cent with gas bubbles [ATTACH=full]943415[/ATTACH] 1943 Lincoln Cent clipped planchet (photo taken with coin inside of 2x2, it can be done, and much better than this one!) [ATTACH=full]943416[/ATTACH] 1943 Jefferson Nickel with reverse lamination [ATTACH=full]943417[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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