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Re: Canada 1858 20 Cents
TomB & CoinKat it is the original shot. I appreciate your input. nothing manipulated. I am using axial photography. 10 year old Canon body and 1:1 Tamron macro lens. I guess I could experiment with different lighting and settings. Have not mastered to take images of very reflecting silver coins. Sometimes it works. Any… -
Re: Canada 1858 20 Cents
wow.... TomB, You are a professional and these are some amazing pix. Great advise with the lights. what about A and speed? Thank you I have to set up my lights another way and see what it does. need to reconstruct my setup. what kind of a lens did you use? I only have 2 lenses. A 1:8-50 and the 90mm Tamron. what type of… -
Canada 1858 20 Cents
**Canada 1858 20 Cents ** relatively scarce in med to high grades. please help to establish an approx. grade. I think it will go to ICCS soon. Just received it 2 days ago. looks like there are still some "goodies" out there. Thank you all H Does it make 64? -
Re: Canada 1858 20 Cents
In my experience axial lighting is sub-optimal for coinage that isn't brilliant proof. It is about the worst way, along with ring lighting, that I think you can shoot most coins. Essentially anything that is a business strike or a well-circulated proof or a matte proof is far more efficiently and accurately captured with… -
Re: Canada 1858 20 Cents
@TomB Wow… simply amazing images. -
Re: Canada 1858 20 Cents
That's one heck of an overexposed image, which gives the coin the appearance of a dipped AU to me. However, everyone else here is saying MS, so perhaps I am just interpreting the image differently. -
Re: Canada 1858 20 Cents
There out there to. See a few that were recut as they put it. Interesting stuff -
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The image looks overexposed giving the coin a processed look. -
Re: Canada 1858 20 Cents
Ok then. All I have to go on is the posted picture. -
Re: Canada 1858 20 Cents
Yes, it looks like the "S" in Cents has been repunched, probably to correct an anomaly.
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