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Message:: [QUOTE="SuperDave, post: 2294799, member: 1892"]Yeah, scanners typically work at a higher-temperature white balance than they probably ought, so the final result has a bluish cast. This look happens when the entire surface of the coin is evenly lit and reflecting vertically back into the sensor. Scanners only illuminate - and image - a slice of the coin at a time; their purpose in life is to bounce as much light vertically off the object scanned as possible. In photography, we generally prefer more point-source lighting (albeit usually a bit diffused), and that degree of verticality in lighting is difficult so you don't see this often. What works best for lifelike imaging works against this effect. But not impossible, and if you reflect enough directly back into the sensor, you can achieve that black-and-white look. There are plenty of Morgans out there you'd call "reflective," yet they don't meet the strict definition for PL or DMPL. The coin in the OP, and the one you linked, are probably examples. Lit appropriately, that's what they look like. A circline fluorescent will do it (that's how I get the look with Proofs; I can't afford DMPL Morgans to prove the point), and I suspect an LED ring light would do it too. Juiced? Heck, yes, but not in postprocessing. If your brain weren't so good at interpreting subtle visual cues and seeing "reflectivity" instead of "black and white," these coins would look like that to you in a brightly-lit room.[/QUOTE]