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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ksparrow, post: 4641697, member: 7638&quot;]A ways back I made a cheapo axial lighting setup, using a tilted sheet of glass to reflect light straight down on the coin, with the camera lens looking straight through the glass.&nbsp; This brings out subtle colors that can usually only be seen with the coin tilted &quot;just so&quot; in a point source light. It also shows every surface defect with brutal clarity, so definitely not glamour shots in any way!&nbsp; The digital images have a sort of blue-purple cast to them, maybe from the daylight bulb I used and long exposure time, so I tried to tune that out to show what the coin looked like through the finder.&nbsp; Manual focus so I hope they aren&#039;t fuzzy.&nbsp; First up is a Peace dollar, 1921, I just bought (feel free to offer your opinion as to grade).&nbsp; There is a toned over scratch near the hair bun and a short shallow mark between T and Y, neither very noticeable in hand. </p><p>regular lighting:[ATTACH=full]1147021[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1147022[/ATTACH]</p><p>axial lighting:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1147025[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1147026[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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