I need help taking photographs of coins
Matnicles
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Hello I am trying to take photos of small California gold pieces 
This is a photo of one of the coins I'm trying to shoot
I want to know how to remove glare on gold coins
Thanks
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On gold, I use coffee filters over the lamps to filter the light source. I shoot against a white background. You'll need to zoom in and get a bigger picture of the coin.
Fo the glare, back off the lights or change the lights.
For those tiny coins helps to have a longer lens, like 180 or 200.
I'm an aquarium photographer, so I've had to fight glass glare. An important technique in that field is to use one or more flashes that are remote from the camera and angled so that the glare does not reflect back into the lens. An on-camera flash shot from the camera's angle is more often your enemy.
I have have limited experience with photographing coins, but I found that bouncing a flash off the ceiling helps to disperse the light to avoid glare.
My strategy is about collecting what I intend to keep, not investing in what I plan to sell.
Use 100w equiv sunlight LEDs & change the angle of your lights. A 60mm macro lens works great for general coin photography. I use an older Tamron, one of the best according to our photo dept.