Two Newps for Two Sets

messydesk

Filled in the 1667 hole in my Prime Number Set with an Austrian 3 Kreuzer piece

and added a half guinea to my World Coins in Early America set

HoledandCreative

Beauties!

jgenn

Nice coins and nice photographs. Can I ask why you chose the strong lighting from the bottom? I usually like to photograph with an in-hand lighting perspective in mind, which would be from the top since most light sources are above the viewer.

messydesk

@jgenn said:
Nice coins and nice photographs. Can I ask why you chose the strong lighting from the bottom? I usually like to photograph with an in-hand lighting perspective in mind, which would be from the top since most light sources are above the viewer.

The half guinea is strongly tilted in the holder, which limited how I could light it without the slab becoming like a mirror reflecting the lights directly into the camera. I'm not crazy about the picture of that one, myself.