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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;tcorio, post: 312614, member: 11352&quot;]Look into &quot;Ring Lights&quot; and &quot;Axial Lighting&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ring lights wrap around the outside of the lens.&nbsp; They provide light that reflects off the coin at a very steep angle and from all directions.&nbsp; This works well for most coins that don&#039;t have a mirror finish and for small coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Axial lighting provides light from directly above the coin, as if the light source was inside the lens.&nbsp; This effect is created by placing a sheet of glass between the coin and the lens at a 45 degree angle.&nbsp; A light source is positioned to the side.&nbsp; It&#039;s light reflects off the glass and down onto the coin.&nbsp; That light then reflects up through the glass and into the lens.&nbsp; In scientific applications a piece of glass used this way is sometimes called a &quot;beam splitter&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>Search for those two terms (&quot;Ring Light&quot; and &quot;Axial Lighting&quot;).&nbsp; There are plenty of web sites with much more indepth descriptions.</p><p><br /></p><p>Good Luck,</p><p>Tim[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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