This thread is dedicated to only one thing: How to get good pics. This is such a regular question, it should be a dedicated section. I Use a Canon SX 10. It was $500.00 at Best Buy, and was a mid-range. My photos have evolved over the last month, as I adjusted to learning how to use the camera more efficiently. To use it, I put the coin on a paper towel, put the camera on Manual, call up SuperMacro, flip up the flash, and put the lens DIRECTLY on the paper towel, leaving only enough light to get in. That is what you read, it resolves exactly ON the coin. If you tilt it a smidgen, it produces a slight fuzziness as is seen on my last die clash in the Very Special Lincoln post. I am sure Photostitch would resolve this, but if I want the other half, I just tilt the camera the other eway and shoot again. Very easy to use camera.
Total time to take a pic...15 seconds. Better pics are a minute max, as the program digitizes the larger pixels.