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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 4645321, member: 19463&quot;]Many of my coins are worn and have unevenly colored surfaces.&nbsp; I found the axial and ring lights did better with smooth and shiny coins while directional light did better with worn and rough coins where the shadows helped separate the raised detail.&nbsp; I continue to maintain that there is no single type of light that is best for every coin and I am not fully capable of guessing correctly when I make the first try.&nbsp; If I had to select one system to do everything, I would use indirect daylight from a north window with adjustable (usually very, very slight) fill from an LED ring light.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1147878[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Those who have not tried this might be surprised how much change you get from a very small change in the coin angle.&nbsp; The high relief of many ancients makes it hard to place a coin level and parallel to the sensor especially when shooting the reverse of a coin with high relief obverse.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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