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Message:: [QUOTE="Insider, post: 2533623, member: 24314"]Actually, [USER=24633]@cpm9ball[/USER], your's is by far the ONLY good method when you wish to get a sharp, magnified image of something on a small area of the edge. Occasionally it may take two photos to capture the entire characteristic as the curvature of the edge makes the "ends" of the image go out of focus.  The ONLY way to capture the entire edge that I know of is the "reflector" method.  Now just a little advice.  "Serious" collectors should join the ANA, read all the basic numismatic papers and magazines and join a specialty club if their interest is focused on one particular series of coins. I cannot say how many times the "reflector" method has been written up and described in the numismatic press since the 1970's.  I'll bet it has been on the Internet a few years after computers became popular.  No disrespect intended but with all the modern outlets of information that us "dinosaurs" never had (including CT Forum) I was a little shocked that some had not heard of this trick.  It's a good one so pass it on to your collecting friends. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie50" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]