Looking for tips on how to get chocolate large cents to photograph like chocolate

icsoccer

and not some weird off color pos. I have tried white balance adjustments, background colors white, grey and black as well as lighting.
TIA!

golden

I like chocolate!

RogerB

Use a Kodak gray card for neutral color balance, then fix the WB on that value. Use the same exposure settings as for circulated silver. The resulting image will be close to the visual appearance of the dark copper coin in both color and brightness.

lkeigwin

Circulated copper photographs best with lower angle lighting (instead of the usual high, perpendicular position).

There's nothing wrong with adjusting the color with an editor, particularly if you are shooting in the raw mode.
Lance.

ms70

I have found it way easier to make the adjustments in photoshop instead of the camera.

messydesk

For circulated copper, you want the lights a little lower than normal. For uncirculated, if you lower the lights, you will lose some of the luster, so maybe not lower them as much.

As for color, there's a fine line between chocolate and a don't-ever-feed-that-to-the-baby-again aftermath diaper that bad color calibration can put your on the wrong side of if you're not careful. For white balance, I'm now using a credit card-sized WhiBal card. For calibrating my monitor, I use a Spyder colorimeter.