Want To See Your Walking Liberty Half Dollar Photos

Recently we did 25 Days of Walking Liberty half dollars! Post yours!. There are some great coins there.

I have only one decent SLQ, a 1942. Here are some pics of it.

Setup:
- Schneider-Kreuznach Apo Componon HM 90mm f4.5 at f5.6
- Nikon D7000 in Aperture Priority Mode
- Microscope Stand
- Pentax Auto Bellows
- Two Jansjo LEDs with Custom RSD Directors, set at 9:00 and 12:00, 60mm above coin, ~10 deg off vertical

I set the lights up first for the reverse, and chose the 9:00 and 12:00 positions to give best overall illumination, and am pretty happy how it came out. The obverse was very difficult to get evenly lit for some reason, even with the Directors.

I find the S-K 90ACHM to be a bit less sharp than the Rodenstock 75ARD1, but it's not too bad and colors are good as one would expect from an apochromatically-corrected lens.

Among my very earliest efforts at coin photography was this one, back in early 2006. Camera was a Canon S2 IS, and I didn't even know to make the lens perpendicular to the coin. Came out okay, though.

This is my Walking Liberty half in my type set.

I really love this series and am continuing to try to up grade my set. Here are a few examples.

1916 d





1937 d





1940 pr 64