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Thankfully Coin Photography as gotten a lot simpler then in 1908...
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-Dan
<< <i>YIKES! Thank you for sharing. I wonder how many people used this method to photograph unc. or proof coins?
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Member jonathanb (his forum post below) recently sold some plaster photography casts on eBay which were probably made around the turn of the century. I've seen these before at shows and they are extremely fragile when examined in hand. Prior to casting a majority of the color plates in older numismatic publications beyond line drawings were lithographic plates.
I've seen plaster medallions before, but usually in the context of European "world tour" sets. I don't think I've ever seen plaster replicas of 1850s-era American merchant tokens. These have the Miller attributions on their blank sides, so I assume that they were produced in the 20th century. They might even be fairly recent late 20th century pieces. The quality is quite good, and the size is correct. Does anyone recognize what they're from?
3 of the 5 plaster casts look very much like the plates Adams used for his July 1912 The Numismatist article on Scovill Manufacturing.
Great as I passed on these as I wasn't sure how to store them
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<< <i>I think ambro still takes pics using this method
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