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mact

These were my attempts this morning, 4/17/03.


I was trying to scan a couple Wayte Raymond toned mercs and all they looked like was kinda dark ugly coins. I placed them on the scanner and closed the top.

Then I tried scanning it with the lid open. It was much lighter and I could see that there was color on it. And then....

I placed the coin in a 2x2 and leaned that on (2) 2x2's to create an angle, 1 was too little and 3 was too much. The scan was clear and showed the color and luster. The green, red, and gold really showed up nicely.

Any other ideas?

thanks,
matt


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peace flat
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Geoman

Let's see the pictures.

mact

i'll have to put them up tomorrow

matt

stman

I either use a pencil to prop up the coin. Or, I use pennies, and add or take away as needed. Usually between 3-5 pennies will do the trick. Also every coin and slab scans different. Sometimes with toned coins you have to turn the coin at different angles and directions to show the color. For some reason the Gsa plastic cases are tough for me, probably because they are so big.

We can't capture luster with a scanner, and due to tilting the coin to capture color we lose showing a good strike, but at least some can get the main idea. I've spent a ton of time learning to scan toned coins, I'd hate to get into a camera, lighting, and setup. Although I give credit to the folks on here that have some very nice camera images.

jbsteven

I use a stack of post it notes to tilt the coins in slabs

stman

I also want to give credit to Dog97 for he is the one that helped me a lot when I first started using my scanner. Helpful old dog he is.

And also Tonelover was very helpful to me.

mact

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