Camera Won't Show Color Of Copper/Bronze Coin

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netpreneur2014 New Member United States 8 Posts	Posted 05/03/2017 5:49 pm I'm using a usb microscope camera. It takes excellent pics of pennies and other coins. BUT I have 2- 1859 Canadian large cents and the camera will only show them as a silver color. What is happening here? Anyone have a suggestion. Report this Post to the Staff

netpreneur2014 New Member United States 8 Posts	Posted 05/03/2017 5:51 pm Report this Post to the Staff
pepactonius Pillar of the Community United States 9395 Posts	Posted 05/03/2017 6:18 pm Sometimes when the lighting angle is high, the copper color is masked by some sort of reflection from the coin's surface. This reflection can even be purplish or iridescent on some coins. This effect is most extreme with axial lighting. With a lower lighting angle, more of the copper color sometimes comes through. Not all copper coins behave this way, however. Report this Post to the Staff
pepactonius Pillar of the Community United States 9395 Posts	Posted 05/03/2017 6:28 pm Here's an example of this effect -- (Japan -- 1899 1 sen) High lighting angle:- Low lighting angle: Report this Post to the Staff
rmpsrpms Pillar of the Community United States 4038 Posts	Posted 05/03/2017 7:45 pm Is you USB camera set for auto white balance? AWB can really mess up the colors. Try putting a tiny piece of white paper on top of the coin and see if it does the same thing. Contact me for photographic equipment or visit my home page at: http://macrocoins.com Report this Post to the Staff
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