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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3272082, member: 19463&quot;]I find a good coin support can be made from a used up ball point pen of the type sold at Costco in huge packs with rubber grips to soften the blow on your fingers.&nbsp; Unscrew the front part and pull the rubber/silicone soft part over the end so there is no hard plastic showing.&nbsp; The hollow tube created allows some tilting of curved surface coins and protection without Gorilla tape.&nbsp; I do own some black Gorilla tape, who doesn&#039;t? <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie80" alt=":shame:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; I place this modified pen over a right-sized dowel (third from left below) raising the coin to the height I wish.&nbsp; It is the second from the left in the photo below.&nbsp; On the left is a smaller one for obols made from other pen parts.&nbsp; Far right is one for larger coins made from a plunger from a disposable syringe.&nbsp; Not shown is a hollow tube top that places a dark hole in the center for shooting Chinese cash.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]863224[/ATTACH] </p><p>BTW: I use a Canon 100mm macro which is equivalent to the 65mm mentioned above when used on my full frame Canon 5DmkII.&nbsp; While it is a great lens, a lot of the advantage of the macros is in flat field edge sharpness that makes a lot more difference for most macro subjects that for round coins that do not fill the corners of the frame.&nbsp; Images with either the 70D and 65mm or the 5D and 100mm are plenty good enough to make the 20x30&quot; prints Costco sells.&nbsp;&nbsp; My local Costco does great print work.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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