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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;nerosmyfavorite68, post: 8334132, member: 134416&quot;][ATTACH=full]1477484[/ATTACH] </p><p>Magnus Maximus Siliqua, local coin shop, c. 1995. I suspected that Jon Kern was the supplier, but I could be wrong. I stupidly discarded the original tags, but they were written in colorful ink, with not all that much information.&nbsp; Sear number, who it was, etc.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1477486[/ATTACH] </p><p>I didn&#039;t expect much with the slab photos.&nbsp; Not great, but not horrendous.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1477487[/ATTACH] </p><p>And now for one of my most beloved coins.&nbsp; Back in the late 1990s, my grandfather and I would make yearly trips to Chicago.&nbsp; Besides having lots of fun, I&#039;d always drag him to HJB and Jon Subak.&nbsp; Purchased HJB, whatever year Men in Black came out.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ok, so that&#039;s all for tonight.&nbsp; I noticed that the pictures done in the morning came out best.</p><p>For success, I think I need:</p><p>1) better lighting - a hand-held light bar.</p><p>2) tripod - I have a tall tripod for my camera.&nbsp; I&#039;m off in about a week, so I might have time then to experiment.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ll also experiment in the meantime with trying to isolate the coin from the background.&nbsp; What you&#039;re seeing (for the coin) is the original background.&nbsp; The color becomes different when I adjust the temperature, brightness, etc., in raw mode.&nbsp; The canvas onto which I dump it is a light grey.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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