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<p>[QUOTE="RonSanderson, post: 7801288, member: 77413"]I think I paid around $225 for a partial set of Lincolns in a Dansco album. The coins before 1934 had been taken out, presumably so the dealer could sell them individually. But the average cost of the others was about $1.80 each. It gave me a heck of a head start on my set, because all the coins were BU. I had to add the newer years where the set did not reach, and I had the fun of hunting down the first 25 years of the set.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is my picture. After some experimentation I have a setup that lets me rotate the coin under the lights and stitch together 9 images into an animation.</p><p><br /></p><p>Edit: Here is the camera setup. The camera is mounted on a round piece of plywood that serves as a platform for the coin. Under that big round board is a little turntable (a lazy Susan) that lets the coin and camera rotate together under the lights.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1339676[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="RonSanderson, post: 7801288, member: 77413"]I think I paid around $225 for a partial set of Lincolns in a Dansco album. The coins before 1934 had been taken out, presumably so the dealer could sell them individually. But the average cost of the others was about $1.80 each. It gave me a heck of a head start on my set, because all the coins were BU. I had to add the newer years where the set did not reach, and I had the fun of hunting down the first 25 years of the set. This is my picture. After some experimentation I have a setup that lets me rotate the coin under the lights and stitch together 9 images into an animation. Edit: Here is the camera setup. The camera is mounted on a round piece of plywood that serves as a platform for the coin. Under that big round board is a little turntable (a lazy Susan) that lets the coin and camera rotate together under the lights. [ATTACH=full]1339676[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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