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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;nerosmyfavorite68, post: 8233291, member: 134416&quot;]While flipping through some coins to see if I had a certain coin, I took a couple out to try and photograph or scan.&nbsp; I ended up taking out more.</p><p><br /></p><p>What I used: Samsung Galaxy Note 20, no flash.&nbsp; With a strong lamp.&nbsp; And I tried my flatbed scanner.</p><p><br /></p><p>And I was extremely nervous to take them out of the flip and handle them.&nbsp; The Didia Clara Sestertius had been a victim of a bronze disease outbreak, 20 years ago.&nbsp; I remember distinctly looking at it closely under magnification, so perhaps I accidentally breathed about it.&nbsp; Anyway, several coins were affected.&nbsp; I didn&#039;t have the information then that I do now, so I managed to arrest the bd by baking the coins, but it still left adhesions.&nbsp; I did notice that the bd mainly affected the already pitted part of the DC.</p><p><br /></p><p>I had just awakened and my hands were as dry as they were going to be today.&nbsp; I also wore a glove while handling the coins and I didn&#039;t hold them anywhere near my face.</p><p><br /></p><p>I did have a scare with a few Forum large Ptolemaic AE.&nbsp; They had a misty green (not the classic bd green) highlight, and I though I might have a BD outbreak, but looking at the original photos, they were exactly as they were 10 years ago.</p><p><br /></p><p>The other coin; a rare, but decrepit example of a Volusian and Treb Gallus double vis-a-vis bust Viminacium Sestertius.</p><p><br /></p><p>Oh, and I also took out a jeweled (orange) ancient signet stamp, which I picked up at a coin show. Photographing the sides isn&#039;t hard, but what about the signet?&nbsp; I ended up scanning that one, but I had to prop the lid as not to damage the stone.&nbsp; Perhaps someone can tell me the kind of stone when the photos come online; it&#039;s an orange stone with a loop for hanging on a string.</p><p><br /></p><p>After breakfast, I&#039;ll try to start processing the pictures.</p><p><br /></p><p>I noticed; the phone, although frustratingly, both were less than stellar at focusing on the pitted Didia Clara, took better pics than the scanner.&nbsp; The scanner just highlighted the flaws in the coins and made decent looking coins hideous.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Didia Clara looks better in person, although it&#039;s rough.&nbsp; Relatively high grade, but the Tiber wasn&#039;t all that kind to it. (Tiber patina).&nbsp; Heavily pitted.&nbsp; Maybe VF by wear, but ugly.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve always had trouble photographing coins.&nbsp; The battery&#039;s drained on the DSLR, and I didn&#039;t want to go through the hassle of waiting to recharge, or dragging out the AC in plug.&nbsp; The results really aren&#039;t any better on that.&nbsp; It&#039;s fine for photographing record labels, but I don&#039;t think I&#039;d have super-different results for coins than before.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;d really need a setup where I could have the right kind of directed light and keep the camera steady.</p><p><br /></p><p>Oh, and just getting the final results to be the same size is a toughie.</p><p><br /></p><p>I photographed some common Sassanians.&nbsp; I don&#039;t read squiggle, wondering if perhaps the rev will be clear enough to read the mint?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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