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Message:: [QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 158290, member: 112"]Obtaining high quality pics of a coin that show luster & color by using a scanner isn't difficult, nor does it require expensive equipment - it just requires a little trick. <a href="http://www.cointalk.org/showthread.php?t=13910&highlight=scan" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.org/showthread.php?t=13910&highlight=scan" rel="nofollow">Click Here</a>  for an example. The scanner used was an HP Scanjet 5300C, it's quite old now and was even inexpensive when I bought it new. I think I paid about $125. But look at the picture closely for a clue of what to do. See at the top of the picture - there is something else there besides the coin. The coin in the pic is in an Air-Tite holder, what you see at the top of the pic is another Air-Tite holder under the edge of the holder that the coin is in. That's it - no magic, no manipulating the pic with photo software - all you have to do is have the object at a slight angle to the scanner's screen. Then luster and color will be readily visible. And there will be no loss of detail. The coin won't look washed out. You can do the very same thing with slabbed coins or coins in any holder. Just place something about 1/4 inch in thickness under the edge of the holder or slab and scan away. It also works with raw coins. But to avoid blocking the edge of the raw coin you are trying to image you have to use the same method with a little different twist. Find a framed photo you have in the house, any will do. Remove the glass from the frame and place it on your scanner bed. Then take anything about 1/4 inch thick and place it under the edge of the glass so that the glass is at a slight angle to the scanner's screen. Place the coin you wish to image on the glass and scan the coin. You'll have the same results I did.[/QUOTE]

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