I'm working on catching luster with a scanner

stman

What you think? First try with a different scanner and technique.

MacCoin

not bad luster for a morgan

JMOORE

Looks nice

What technique are you using?

Jim

stman

Prop it up just a bit, cover the coin and the scanner glass with black velvet. I'm pretty happy with the results for just a quick try. And they say you can't get luster with a scanner huh?

a2labmom

not bad.

stujoe

That's pretty good! What kind of scanner?

ultramike

Not a bad scan at all
my scanner KILLS this Luster.......But clients are always happy as coin most always looks better in hand.
What kind of scanner ?

Regards
Mike Rogers
ultramike@collector.org

XpipedreamR

This is pretty good for a scanner.

pmh1nic

Pretty good stman. Nice touch of toning on the coin also .

FatMan

stman

Nice image for a scanner. I have found that a Home Depot paint stick slipped under the very edge for PCGS slabs gives the best angle. A square toothpick for NGC slabs as they have no lip. The greater the tilt, the more glare will develop so the trick is getting true luster and not just glare. For the clearest image center the coin in the very middle of the scanner. Otherwise you will get more focus distortion.

Regarding the scanner, it seems the older deep well scanners do much better than the thin scanners. In fact, I have a microtek slimscan that can not even produce a focused image as the coin and label are raised by the slab off the glass.

stman

Thanks for the input folks.



<< <i>Pretty good stman. Nice touch of toning on the coin also . >>



The other side is true rainbow bands. I just wanted to try a white coin, and you know what? I don't have one

gemtone65

I tried Stman's experiment on my scanner, an HP5470c. A slight change in tilt of the coin makes a very big difference in appearance, including the perception of luster. The notion of covering the scanner plate, or even the whole scanner, with some kind of blanket hadn't occured to me. So, I tried several scans with various forms of covering. I could detect no difference in results compared to the usual method of scanning.

stman

Gemtone, I am using a different scanner than I have in the past. Which I feel I'm getting better quality than the HP one I have previously been using. We'll never get true luster with a scanner, but with certain coins I have found covering the coin and glass with black velvet somehow tricks the light a bit. For me it has helped some. Not like regular photo's that we see on here.... but some of us just do the best we can with time we have.

gemtone65

Stman, the scan you showed above is indeed very impressive and camera-like. What kind of scanner did you use?

stman

Thanks, I'm using an Epson 2400 Photo. Big difference from the HP all in one I was using.

Edit.... Epson Perfection 2400 photo.