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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Collect89, post: 498169, member: 15445&quot;]<font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Please let me share one of my favorite proof half dollars with you.&nbsp; It is a proof 1884 Liberty Seated with some deep champagne color on the perimeter.&nbsp; It is in an NGC holder (slabbed between 1992 &amp; 1997).&nbsp; Please take a shot at guessing the grade and designation.&nbsp; </font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">Let me also share my newly acquired proof coin photographic process.&nbsp; It was only necessary to take a total of four photos &amp; invest only about 5 minutes to take the pictures in this post.&nbsp; I probably spent twice that long cutting &amp; pasting them into the two collage photos posted here.&nbsp; I hope the following information is helpful to all the photographers at CT.&nbsp; I want to thank Lehigh &amp; others for your past coin photography advice. </font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">All these photos were taken with the camera on a tripod viewing down on the coin at about a 5 degree angle.&nbsp; In the first photograph, light from a GE Reveal light bulb was aimed directly down onto the coin.&nbsp; A piece of translucent drafting paper was placed between the light source &amp; the coin to help diffuse the point light source.&nbsp; This abundance of light directed onto the coin’s proof mirrors allowed the color on the mirror surface to be photographed.&nbsp; The blue background was later edited into the photos to enhance the coin’s deep champagne color toning.</font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">The second photograph was taken with the camera and coin at the same positions.&nbsp; However, a tube of rolled-up drafting paper was placed over the coin so that the camera was viewing the coin down the tube.&nbsp; Two GE Reveal bulbs were directed at the sides of the tube providing completely diffuse light from the sides.&nbsp; This lighting technique illuminates the coin’s devices but there is no light shining directly down onto the coin’s mirror surface so the mirrors appear dark. </font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">The camera used is a 4 year old Olympus Camedia Zoom D-560 set to 2048 x 1536 resolution.&nbsp; The macro lens feature was turned on and the flash was turned off.&nbsp; The lens optical zoom was set to maximum providing a working distance between the camera &amp; coin of about 12 inches.&nbsp; The camera was mounted on a tripod &amp; the timer was used to avoid any camera motion at the time the photo was taken.&nbsp; The photographs were edited using the Adobe PhotoDeluxe software supplied with the camera.&nbsp; </font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Very best regards,</font></font></p><p><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Collect89</font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: silver"><font face="Times New Roman">Date: 1884</font></span></p><p><span style="color: silver"><font face="Times New Roman">Denomination: Half Dollar</font></span></p><p><span style="color: silver"><font face="Times New Roman">Type: Liberty Seated with Motto</font></span></p><p><span style="color: silver"><font face="Times New Roman">Manufacture: Proof</font></span></p><p><span style="color: silver"><font face="Times New Roman">Mintage: 875</font></span></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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