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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 606331, member: 112"]It's quite simple, prop up one edge and scan away. If you look at my pics you will see something at the upper edge. That's simply another Air-Tite with the edge of the holder with the coin in it sitting on top of it. Anything a quarter inch thick will work.</p><p><br /></p><p>It's the slight change in the angle of the coin to the scanning plane that allows the scanner to capture color & luster. Other than that you do nothing, you change no settings on the scanner whatsoever.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now to get the detail I scan at 600dpi and save the image as a .tif file. Then I crop the image, size it appropriately, and then and only then save it as a .jpg file. Nuttin to it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 606331, member: 112"]It's quite simple, prop up one edge and scan away. If you look at my pics you will see something at the upper edge. That's simply another Air-Tite with the edge of the holder with the coin in it sitting on top of it. Anything a quarter inch thick will work. It's the slight change in the angle of the coin to the scanning plane that allows the scanner to capture color & luster. Other than that you do nothing, you change no settings on the scanner whatsoever. Now to get the detail I scan at 600dpi and save the image as a .tif file. Then I crop the image, size it appropriately, and then and only then save it as a .jpg file. Nuttin to it.[/QUOTE]
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