Frustrating as it sound like, I have found that high resolution cameras is not sufficient to what I am looking to do. Currently what I am trying to do is to overlay several images of 2D digital camera pictures but the precision of the angles and such is proving to be very difficult to handle. The reason why I am doing this is for overstruck coins which can be quite difficult to analyse with just several 2D images. What you can see with your bare hand and rotating around your hands is easy but much trickier to do on your computer screen, even harder as digitial files. Here is an example that you can see: And here is an ugly overstruck coin - look carefully at the underlying image (it's the same coin) Perhaps it is easy to use photoshop and outline the details but it does get quite difficult at certain parts - even harder for coins that isn't this clear. That is one of the better examples that I have - the others need several weeks to even get a grasp of. :headbang: I personally would like to know if anyone in this forum have used a 3D scanner before and would be very interested. Any suggestions appericated.
Something else you might try, most of the higher quality digital cameras will also take short movies - about 15 seconds worth. You just have to choose the right setting and save the file as a .mpeg or .wmv. This would mean you can twist and turn that coin all you want for those 15 or 20 seconds and then watch it on your computer screen enlarged 300% and with slow motion and stop motion. No telling what you might see then.
Very nice early russian pieces gxseries ! I have one of the top pieces...but STRUCK IN GOLD....do you have any idea if they actually exsist or if my pieces has been gilded...??
Not sure if he would help you but you might try coppercoins.com Charles D. Daughtrey, the guy on the web site, has taken approximately 10,000 or more photos of coins. Has a few books out full of those photos and probably knows as much about coin photography as he does coins. Nothing to loose.
WHAT? JeromeLS, are you sure its struck in gold and it's the same coin??? Would you happen to have a picture of it? Chances are it's gold plated. That particular coin is only struck in copper and it's a rather difficult coin to even find in the first place.
Just Carl and GDJMSP - many thanks and much appericated. I'll have to give them a shot. I was thinking if anyone actually had any experience with 3D software, which is beyond what I know and comphrend.
I don't have a picture...but it is very very similar to that...I am not sure if it has the same reverse type, but the obverse horseman is absolutely identical........ It weighs far too much to be struck in copper...seems to be brassy gold....any types with the same obverse in existance ??? (the coin in mention is a Fair?/Poor....hard to make out any details...)
I am quite puzzled. I don't think there were any gold or silver coins minted with such design unless it's token. Would there happen to be a year to it?
No date visible. Very thick (7mm). Smaller flan than coin pictured, so most of the obverse design is not really there, just the horseman. On reverse there is a central "XXX" surrounded by what looks like a cyrlic legend.....but only three letters or so are readable...very weird...I thought it was earlier than Peter the Great, but I may be wrong !
