The one thing I am not sure I can acomplish is the 10 and 2 pointed almost straight down. My camera would be in the way id think. Ill try and pull the camera back even more but i was having focus problems last time i tried.
That defused sure shows off colors nicely though. The luster is lacking a bit but the colors are crazy.
Yep, here is another from the same proof set. Direct Lighting Diffused Lighting Whenever I sell these coins on E-Bay, I provide both sets of photos so that the coin does not get returned and I do not get negative feedback. It is important to realize that the diffused lighting photo only resembles the coin when it is held under a light source.
LEhigh, seeing as you are the dmpl master I thought id ask ya. As you can at least somewhat see the reverse is PL but the obverse is more normal strike. I mean maybe its slightly PL but really its just the reverse thats PL. Is this normal? I have only seen coins where both sides are DMPL or both are PL or both are DCAM ect. Its not from wear or nothing because as you can see the coins dont have wear, scratches sure, circulation wear nah. so what gives lol? Maybe its a stronger strike on the reverse and a semi weak strike on obverse? Help me Obi Wan. BTW I am pretty happy with these as they show the scratches but they look more like how you see the coin irl. Its quite a beauty. not some ugly scratched up hunk of junk like the original pics made it seem.
First things first. I am not the DMPL or PL master. In fact I have never owned a DMPL Morgan Dollar. What I am is a very good amateur numismatic photographer. If you read Mark Goodman's book, you will realize how rudimentary my advice is. As far as coins being PL or DMPL on both sides. It is very common to see that. The DMPL effect is from freshly polished dies. If both dies were polished at the same time, you will see the PL effect on both sides of the coin. However, there were instances where only one die was polished. The result would be PL qualities on one side and frosty luster on the other side that was stuck from a later die state. It is not related to strike. I showed you a photo of a Morgan with a DMPL obverse. Here is the entire photo of the coin. I actually wrote a thread about this coin once. The "Other" NGC Star Designation
Hehe its like my coin but nicer and reversed Mines prob a MS61 yours is basically a 66 . I got a few 1880-s with PL or DMPL that i still need to take a closer look at too . Doubt they will come close to yours but I do think one of them was PL DMPL on both sides, so thats pretty cool. I only had CAM and DCAM coins until this big lot of morgans I got. It has brought a whole new challenge to photoing my coins. BTW i tried to do the defused thing and i didnt see much of a difference. But then again the coin wasent a toned coin it was this 1890-s.
