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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;scottishmoney, post: 440486, member: 12789&quot;]I have an HP 4370, and I can scan coins in slabs, if they do not have a mirror finish like a proof that is.&nbsp; The best coins are bronze and dark coloured.&nbsp; Gold scans okay, and silver is the most difficult to scan.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is an example of dark chocolate flavoured coin in a slab:</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://www.geocities.com/scottishmoney/usa/1795cent.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p style="text-align: left"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: left">Obviously in a slab, notice the hairline scratches in the plastic of the slab on the reverse of the coin.</p> <p style="text-align: left"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: left">Another slabbed coin, this a dark silver dollar from 1799:</p> <p style="text-align: left"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://www.geocities.com/scottishmoney/usa/1799dollar.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p style="text-align: left"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: left"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: left">Even a lighter gunmetal colour scans okay:</p> <p style="text-align: left"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://www.geocities.com/scottishmoney/usa/186810centspattern.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left">But even BU finish in silver is too much for the scanner, and it starts inserting moire patterns in the image:</p> <p style="text-align: left"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://www.geocities.com/scottishmoney/usa/2006silverdollar.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left">Notice the funkadelic colour schemes going on with this otherwise blast white coin?</p> <p style="text-align: left"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: left">The lesson is this, some coins, particularly silver, do not care to be imaged if they are BU or proof.&nbsp; At that point you have to have a digital camera setup to image them.&nbsp; And even then, it can be trying on the patience:</p> <p style="text-align: left"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://www.geocities.com/scottishmoney/usa/1860slproof.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left"><b><span style="color: Red">Please note that no coins were harmed etc. in the creation of this above presentation.</span></b></p> <p style="text-align: left"><br /></p> </p> </p> </p> </p> </p> </p> </p> </p> </p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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