Some Morgan Toners. Hoe do you like them?

Rampage

I am trying to improve my scanning abilities for toned coins. Any suggestions?

Thanks for any advice. Richard.

Yes, the first two are in NTC slabs, but the toning is NT. How do you like them?



The three coins below are in ANACS slabs.

magikbilly

Hi,
someone PM'd me asking for tips. After writing them out I decided to share with all who might want them.
Pasted below:


"well, I am using a high quality epson Photo Scanner, perfection 2450, that can scan up to 12,500 DPI. I am using the Photoshop Elements program that came with it. I am scanning at 2400 with adjusted settings for"Gamma" and "Exposure", "Saturation" and such - and I scanned with the "Unsharp Mask" on. The slabs are tilted on the flatbed, capable of 48 bit true color, with a combination of Kodachrome slide mounts and other odd items under them that give the proper reflection or other sought after effects (color, cameo etc.) without changing focus or color appreciably (these can be corrected in the editing phase to a degree). The whole thing then gets covered with a folded black t-shirt which seems to enhance the mirrors and color. Trial and error with exposures and tilt will yield the best results (try rotating 90 degrees for each scan until you find the right angle for the light to attack - then play with it). This scan is then saved, and turned into a JPEG file. This is then opened and cropped with the "Crop Tool". I then select "Inverse" under "Selections" and then turn the "Rectangular Selection" tool into an elipse/cirlce by right clicking and choosing that feature. After selecting the coin only I choose from the layers dropdown folder on the right the lower left icon which changes the unselected background color to black (or whatever color you want). This image is then saved. Each step is saved seperately - in case you make a mistake you won't have to start again. Then, I edit for minor color variations with "Variations", then "Brightness" and "Contrast" to insure accuracy to the coin in hand, then very judiciusly remove scratches in the slab, which show up quite well, with the "Blur Tool" or the "Pencil tool" (by sampling color), and then a slight touch of manual "Unsharp Mask" to pull it all together. This is then resized to "500x500" (or whatever size you want) and saved at quality level "7" (or whatever you want). This ought to do it. Let me know if I can help further."

Best
Billy"

JrGMan2004

Not bad!!! I like the coins, and you got the color to come out great with the scanner!! Good job!!

K6AZ

Those are about the best you can expect with a typical scanner, unless you buy an expensive one, then you may as well buy a camera. I can tell just from the patterns what those will look like in hand, and they're most likely very nice. What grade is on the label of the NTC slab?

Rampage

<< <i>Those are about the best you can expect with a typical scanner, unless you buy an expensive one, then you may as well buy a camera. I can tell just from the patterns what those will look like in hand, and they're most likely very nice. What grade is on the label of the NTC slab? >>



Eric,

The NTC slab is marked MS64, but it is not and I did not buy it as such. I bought it for 63 money. Actually, I have five of them that I bought for 63 money and they are all marked MS64 with beautiful toning.

etexmike

Not bad at all for a scanner.

I love that type of toning on Morgans.

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etexmike

LeeG

Job for scanned pictures!! I'm sure it took quite a bit of trial and error to get this level of quality!!! Congrat's, Lee


magikbilly Thanks for the tips!!

K6AZ

Richard, you've posted about these before, haven't you? I agree, they look 63 and definitely NT.

Rampage

<< <i>Richard, you've posted about these before, haven't you? I agree, they look 63 and definitely NT. >>



Eric, Yes I have posted the NTC coins, but not the ANACS coins.

Thanks.