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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 3244648, member: 56859&quot;]I have this scale:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Precision-Function-Stainless-Weighing-Jewellery/dp/B07DQJQ64S/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1543169808&amp;sr=8-6&amp;keywords=digital+scale+.01g" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.amazon.com/Precision-Function-Stainless-Weighing-Jewellery/dp/B07DQJQ64S/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1543169808&amp;sr=8-6&amp;keywords=digital+scale+.01g" rel="nofollow">https://www.amazon.com/Precision-Function-Stainless-Weighing-Jewellery/dp/B07DQJQ64S/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1543169808&amp;sr=8-6&amp;keywords=digital scale .01g</a></p><p>$7.99</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve used entry-level DSLR cameras before but the learning curve was pretty high and the humidity combined with careless storage led to their ruin <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.&nbsp; For the last few years I&#039;ve been using a Canon Powershot with pretty good results and I&#039;m more careful about storing it.&nbsp; My photos are not Doug-caliber but they&#039;re pretty good and I like not having all of the bulk of a DSLR and accessories.&nbsp; I shoot in manual mode and not terribly long ago learned how to white balance <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you don&#039;t want to bother with a separate camera, images taken with iPhones, <i>when properly set up and stabilized</i>, are better than a great number of coin images seen online.</p><p><br /></p><p>A copy stand is helpful.&nbsp; It&#039;s much cheaper to make one and not very difficult (scrap wood, black paint, and <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00E5M39AW/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00E5M39AW/" rel="nofollow">this $13 clamp</a>).</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/copystand-ed-jpg.824194/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>In addition to abundant ambient light, I use an Ott light when shooting coins (<a href="https://products.ottlite.com/p-340-flexible-clip-on-lamp.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://products.ottlite.com/p-340-flexible-clip-on-lamp.aspx" rel="nofollow">similar to this one</a>).</p><p><br /></p><p>As for tool-coins, I have one of those tautological T. Carisius denarii but like so many it is (ironically) poorly made.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.wixstatic.com%2Fmedia%2Fae43f8_6b1b5658f14b448986f8b0c96f6fd96b.jpg%2Fv1%2Ffill%2Fw_1000%2Ch_625%2Cal_c%2Cq_90%2Fae43f8_6b1b5658f14b448986f8b0c96f6fd96b.jpg&amp;hash=9690cd4c2d34c59546d58af23c3c4468" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Roman Republic</b></p><p><b>moneyer T. Carisius, 46 BCE</b></p><p>AR Denarius, 18 mm, 3.62 gm</p><p>Obv: head of Juno Moneta right; MONETA behind</p><p>Rev: implements for coining money: anvil die with garlanded punch die above; tongs and hammer on either side; T CARISIVS above; all within laurel wreath</p><p>Ref: Crawford 464/2; CRI 70; Sydenham 982a; Carisia 1a</p><p><i>ex Andrew McCabe</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Coins with Vulcan usually show his tongs, as do these:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/cottafourree-cr314-1c-rt-jpg.505128/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Roman Republic, Lucius Aurelius Cotta</b></p><p>105 BCE</p><p>Fourree AR serrate denarius, 20 mm, 3.8 gm</p><p>Obv: draped bust of Vulcan right, wearing laureate pileus; tongs and star behind; all within wreath and dotted border</p><p>Rev: eagle standing on thunderbolt, head left; L·COT below, V to right; all within laurel wreath and dotted border</p><p>Ref: c.f. Crawford 314/1c; Sydenham 577a; Aurelia 21b</p><p><i>formerly slabbed</i></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ae43f8_04191219db7c4261a8b0a07719d5d5a7.jpg/v1/fill/w_1000,h_511,al_c,q_90/ae43f8_04191219db7c4261a8b0a07719d5d5a7.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>Roman Republic, L. Caesius</b></p><p>112-111 BCE</p><p>AR denarius, 3.92 gm</p><p>Obv: bust of Vejovis (some references say Apollo?) from behind, head turned left, holding a thunderbolt, legend AP; dotted border.</p><p>Rev: Lares praestites seated with heads left, dog between, <b>bust of Vulcan above, with tongs behind</b>; legend LA-RE; dotted border.</p><p>Ref: Crawford 298/1. Sydenham 564. RSC Caesia 1[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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