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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kanga, post: 504207, member: 9270&quot;]When imaging any coin, but particularly copper, make sure you have a black/dark gray, <u>non-reflective</u> background.</p><p>You want the light the camera see to come as much from the coin as possible.</p><p>A white background can turn a nice copper coin into a black disk.</p><p>If you have to use image s/w to make the coin presentable, you&#039;ll be hard pressed to make the color resemble the real coin.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I use a piece of dark gray construction paper, the stuff that kids in elementary school use to make things while eating the white paste.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>BTW, raw coins can be done with a scanner.</p><p>Just cover them with the same black/dark gray, <u>non-reflective</u> paper, then close the lid.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Most scanners do a very poor job on slabs. The coin most often is out of focus.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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