One More 1905 Indian Cent For Grading And Comment

For my scope camera (close-ups) I just place this lamp behind my scope, and put it on a box to raise it up a bit over the scope. The lamp is "Natural Daylight", with a decent dimmer range, so you can get the level of brightness that you want. I never use any filters on it, but you could always MacGyver something to use as a filter if needed.

I bought this lamp years ago and would buy another if I ever needed it.

I always start with the scope placed under the lamp, then slide the scope towards me, away from the lamp, until I feel I'm getting the correct amount of light, and the color looks the same on screen as the coin does in-hand.

Lamp link on Amazon.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...ie=UTF8&th=1

I'm sure your iphone has a better camera than my scope. You just have to work on your lighting. Get a good light, then practice practice practice.

Between my camera scope and lamp, I have around $150 invested. Scope $110 - Lamp $40. I look at the scope as a good entry level piece of equipment.

The scope is great for taking photos and searching coins for varieties. Also great for taking extreme close-ups of varieties. I will leave a couple close-up photos below.

I just looked and now the scope is under $100 - all that I added to my scope was a 6inch extension, so I can take photos of larger coins (Morgans/ASE's) with plenty of room.

Scope Link
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...e=UTF8&psc=1

6inch Extension Link
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...e=UTF8&psc=1