Hello,
Just from my personal experience during the days before using a decent camera I always scanned my coins for
ebay using an Epson WorkForce 610 scanner.
On several occasions when using this scanner I would receive comments back from the buyers that the coin that they just received from me looked better compared to the scanned photos I posted on
ebay.
IMHO one can look at this situation in two ways:
1) Scanning a coin most likely would never create a situation where the buyer would complain of receiving an inferior looking coin compared to the photos posted on-line promoting the coin.
Consequently, if one is selling low end coins it might be more prudent to scan them to lessen the chance of having to deal with time-consuming returns from dissatisfied customers.
or
2) Do not use a scanner on high end coins when particular characteristics like toning, die cracks, important scratches that lower coin values, luster, cartwheel effect etc. are desired to increase the probability that a higher and more appropriate bid price will be realized.
Plus by using a DSLR camera, for example, on these high end coins the buyer should very seldom ever complain of receiving something drastically inferior compared to the posted on-line photos...
In summary these tips just improve one's ROI (return on investment) where the investment is your precious time...
As a side note always remember that no matter which camera takes the photo always make lighting the most important criteria to dwell on.
An excellent web site to assist the user in developing optimal lighting conditions for the photography of coins is:
http://www.sigma-2.com/camerajim/cjgcoins.htm fyi,
mdpmedia
Posted 09/16/2014 09:18 am
