Some Novice Effort On Capturing Color,

That seems to have helped. Looks very nice!

lucidfind your photos are looking better and better.
- I notice you mentioned, and also your camera is set up with a "Ring Light", but post a picture of an axial lighting box.
Question: What techniques are you using to take these pictures? Ring light or Axial box?
Thanks!

Thank you, joe_77. Thanks for the advice.

One trick to see how your lighting is doing is to put a mirror in place of the coin and snap a shot. The mirror will show if the light is at a high enough angle to give direct reflection, which is what you're looking for to get those deep colors.

A ringlight is a good solution for "pseudo-axial" lighting. One weird thing you'll find when you shoot with a ringlight is that it leaves a "hole" in the middle. This doesn't mean there's no light hitting that area, just that the light doesn't directly reflect from the coin to the camera sensor. I actually think this is a benefit since we're mostly interested in the deep toning in the fields. To get maximum benefit from the ringlight, you'll want to see a bright ring (in the mirror) that would extend across the fields of a coin (if a coin were there).

I prefer the previous effort, but it was just a bit dark. Here it is brightened-up a bit:

Thanks all! I appreciate your advice. I found the axial lighting to be more of a technical challenge than I had anticipated. Currently, I have a finite area, so I have since set aside the axial setup. I will get more involved in the post manipulation after I have achieved the skill and technique to capture the image closest to in-hand as possible.

ijn1944 Thank you!

Earle42, Thank You!