How to make an image of the off orientation of coins

This morning, at 5 am I thought about this, but I forgot until 4 pm, but then I tested my idea and Eureka!

So I share it with you, since I know how difficult it is to use a normal mirror for this. I even think I'll manage to get very sharp images with this system and if not, it's my own fault@ Here you'll never miss any hands!

Have fun setting it up, if interested, I'll come back, when I have my equipment together (mirrors and wax) and the some more images.

The mirrors cost me 2.00 euro at my hobby shop, the wax 0.60 at Amazon, and it'll be delivered Thursday. The mirrors have been glued and I'll wait until tomorrow to test more.

Edit 14/09/2022, with the mirrors glued and working and I use a small LED 800 lumen pocket lamp as light source, 

https://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/B09C89QV9F/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Will be back, when the modeling wax arrives.

A genius idea!

Maybe it's even possible to ‘mirror’ your picture?

If you could do that, it would improve the image even more!

Like this? and what does it bring more?

yvon

A genius idea!

Thank you, Yvon.

Sjoelund

 

Like this? and what does it bring more?

For the purpose you are using this setup (showing die rotation), it doesn't add any value.

But for the readability of the coin it's much better this way: the ruler is looking to the correct side, lettering can be read, … the coin is much more instantly identifiable this way (just my opinion).

The whole build-up was to show an off-set in the orientation and NOT to study the coins as such, but as you can see it's possible, you can even have done it yourself. Just pull the jpg over the limits on the left or the right side when being in powerpoint!

Nice work!

and finally using the just delivered wax:

This is a good method to show coin orientation varieties.

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This is a good method to show coin orientation varieties.

Which is the basic purpose of my set-up, so obviously I managed😉

Sjoelund

and finally using the just delivered wax:

 So if used to show orientation, I guess one of the sides should be shown vertical, to get a comparison. 

Those there are maybe 10 degrees off - so can not work out if combined that makes the total 20 degrees - 

one side against the other - or combined do they cancel each other out. 

 10 + 10 = 20 or is it 10 - 10 = 0 

 That coin used - is it a normal coin used for the demonstration? 

A die rotation is always relative for the majority of die types so there can't be an accumulative effect.

I took one of my real off-set coins and compared it to the normal aligned coin, and here is the result. To measure the deviation I made the red lines and then I used an angle measure (the plastic ones made for school) on my screen!

ZacUK

 

 So if used to show orientation, I guess one of the sides should be shown vertical, to get a comparison. 

Those there are maybe 10 degrees off - so can not work out if combined that makes the total 20 degrees - 

one side against the other - or combined do they cancel each other out. 

 10 + 10 = 20 or is it 10 - 10 = 0 

 

It's 10 - 10 = 0.  The image on the left is rotated towards the left meaning that face is rotated towards the camera and the image on the right is rotated towards the right meaning that face is rotated towards the camera also.

 OK. Thanks :) 

Just look at this

Sjoelund

and finally using the just delivered wax:

To understand: the photo    has been flipped horizontally

I think your idea is great
In a single photo we have the obverse, the reverse and the edge
- enough to redo the entire Numista catalog
- The vision and the simpla explanation of slices A and B
- those of the “double faces”
What does that mean for a with cutouts coin?
I can already imagine a supplier of numismatic accessories making some  👀
small improvement: replace the wax with a clamp between fixed thin bar and spring bar

“Mirror effect” turned off, for the people who want to see all 3 sides correctly!

Yes, to have some transparent form of plastic tooth to hold the coin would be a vast improvement, but since I only want to use it for off-orientation coins, it's OK for me.

Will have to turn the red lines as well, i'll try that now. Done