Edge Lettering Images

I purchased a new (and very rare) Conder token in the past few weeks. It has pretty awesome edge lettering, and I wanted to be able to present a composite image including some of the details of that.

The obverse and reverse images were just taken with my standard copy stand, bellows, and DSLR+duplicating lens set-up, lit with Jansjo lamps from IKEA.

To get the edge images, I made a small plastic stand out of polycaprolactone (thermal plastic) that would allow the coin to lean at a slight angle. I then took 4 shots of each of the three "views" at different depths of field. I used focus-stacking software to combine those images, and then combined the obverse, reverse, and three "views" of the edge into one photo composite below. I added black ellipses beneath the edge pieces and a bit of drop shadow to all components to give it some depth.

Also, I thought some of you might like to see an original hand drawing of this token from a book published in 1801, the first such book to index this token which was struck in 1799.

Cheers, Brandon