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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 4792895, member: 101855&quot;]The &quot;true color&quot; of the coin really depends upon the light source. My favorite is 100-watt bulb although I know those are not made any more. In that case, I’ll take average room light.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for the color / white balance in photographs, I work with the software photo processing program with the coin in my hand and try to match them.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have found that raw coins are the easiest to photograph. Slabbed Proofs or Proof-Likes give me the most trouble.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is my one raw coin exception. This is a wonderful 1809 half cent that is still raw. I bought a few years ago in an EAC Convention Auction. Right now, it’s in the bank, so I’m not sure how it looks in person. I have “to offer my first born” to get into my safe deposit box these days. Here are some different views of it.</p><p><br /></p><p>These photos were taken with one of those fancy microscope cameras that are tied to a computer. Do youself a favor and don&#039;t buy one. Everytime Microsoft does an update, it won&#039;t won&#039;t work.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1164437[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This looks worderful, but not really what the coin looks like.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1164438[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This look is too grey.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1164439[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This might be closest to the &quot;real look.&quot; Some day I might get to check it out again.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1164443[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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