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<p>[QUOTE="ksparrow, post: 4645044, member: 7638"]sorry, don't have a picture handy, and I put the setup away. it's pretty crude, just 2 cheap wood picture frames with glass, and the backs taken off, put together with hinges. I set this on the base of my copy stand and set up a gooseneck light so the light travels across the stand base, and when the upper frame is tilted about 45 degrees, the light will reflect straight down onto the coin, which is sitting on the glass of the bottom frame, with cloth backing under the coin. Fiddle with the angle of the glass until the coin looks bright through the view finder. I also put a small object (like an eraser) on the copy stand base between the light and the frame that is just tall enough to block direct light from the lamp hitting the coin. Obviously the results are better with optically flat glass (much more expensive) but I'm just goofing around. hope that helps.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ksparrow, post: 4645044, member: 7638"]sorry, don't have a picture handy, and I put the setup away. it's pretty crude, just 2 cheap wood picture frames with glass, and the backs taken off, put together with hinges. I set this on the base of my copy stand and set up a gooseneck light so the light travels across the stand base, and when the upper frame is tilted about 45 degrees, the light will reflect straight down onto the coin, which is sitting on the glass of the bottom frame, with cloth backing under the coin. Fiddle with the angle of the glass until the coin looks bright through the view finder. I also put a small object (like an eraser) on the copy stand base between the light and the frame that is just tall enough to block direct light from the lamp hitting the coin. Obviously the results are better with optically flat glass (much more expensive) but I'm just goofing around. hope that helps.[/QUOTE]
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