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<p>[QUOTE="doug5353, post: 2119744, member: 73555"]I take a coin in a 2x2 or a slab, and clip it to the copy stand, then go outside and position everything <u>just inside</u> a tree/building shadow on a bright sunny day (no glare), then use my digital camera on "macro" setting. What $5 gets you is a stable platform you can easily move around. It's not high-tech, but it's only $5.</p><p><br /></p><p>Probably 95% of my images are made with a Canon scanner. Here's a scanner image of a worn, shiny countermarked Barber quarter, a difficult example to get a suitable image.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]401704[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="doug5353, post: 2119744, member: 73555"]I take a coin in a 2x2 or a slab, and clip it to the copy stand, then go outside and position everything [U]just inside[/U] a tree/building shadow on a bright sunny day (no glare), then use my digital camera on "macro" setting. What $5 gets you is a stable platform you can easily move around. It's not high-tech, but it's only $5. Probably 95% of my images are made with a Canon scanner. Here's a scanner image of a worn, shiny countermarked Barber quarter, a difficult example to get a suitable image. [ATTACH=full]401704[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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