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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ksparrow, post: 884189, member: 7638&quot;]I have a few more experiments with axial lighting. I am impressed with how well it handles copper. The surface conditions are rendered precisely (so precisely that some coins look worse than they actually are!).&nbsp; circulated silver looks great too, subtle patination that can only be seen inhand with the coin tilted jumps out under axial light.&nbsp; In fact, any circulated coin can be viewed as an artifact, with all the evidence of its handling laid out for you. </p><p>&nbsp; I have still not had much luck with slabbed coins, or with uncirculated bright silver. </p><p><br /></p><p>First is this corroded 1794 Large Cent, which I paid way too much for some years back when I first started collecting. You can almost feel the pitted surface (yuk!):</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t277/cks2007/Axial%20Coin%20Images/lgcent1794rev.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t277/cks2007/Axial%20Coin%20Images/lgcent1794obv.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Next is this Fugio Cent, which never looked &quot;right&quot; under dual direct lights. You can believe this coin &quot;got around&quot; some 220 years ago:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t277/cks2007/Axial%20Coin%20Images/Fugiocorrrev.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t277/cks2007/Axial%20Coin%20Images/Fugiocorrobv.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>This 1828 Curl Base 2 CBH looks fairly dull beige unless the light hits it just right; then it becomes practically luminous; with conventional lighting you have to tilt the coin relative to the lens, have focus issues, etc. With axial light it&#039;s a no-brainer:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t277/cks2007/Axial%20Coin%20Images/CBH1828rev.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t277/cks2007/Axial%20Coin%20Images/CBH1828obv.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I found this WWII nickel in my pocket change a while back, who knows, maybe somebody bought a newspaper with it to read about the D-Day landings. Maybe it was in my Dad&#039;s pocket at one time and bought a Coke in the old thick 10oz green glass bottle. Kind of takes you back.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t277/cks2007/Axial%20Coin%20Images/nickel1944Prev-1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t277/cks2007/Axial%20Coin%20Images/nickel1944Pobv.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>With axial light, copper actually looks like copper, not like mud. </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t277/cks2007/Axial%20Coin%20Images/tokenKBCrev.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t277/cks2007/Axial%20Coin%20Images/tokenKBCobv.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, it&#039;s fun to play with. I&#039;m going to try and re image a very brown, crusty seated liberty dollar from my 1840&#039;s set and post it later. Thanks for checking out the thread![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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