WHAT TYPE OF SCANNER IS USED TO TAKE THOSE AMAZINGLY CLEAR PICTURES OF
COINS ON EBAY AND THE COIN WORLD AUCTION SITES.   I GIVE UP TRYING TO
GET A CLEAR PIC WITH A DIG CAMERA.....ESPECIALLY WITH GOLD COINS.  I
HAVE LOOKED AT SCANNERS BUT KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THEM AND I GET
CONFUSED.   ALSO , I KNOW NO ONE WITH A SCANNER WHO PHOTOGRAPHS COINS.
IT WOULD BE GREAT IF I COULD GET ONE THAT WOULD ALSO DO JEWELRY.
 I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THE TYPE AND EVEN THE BRAND OF THE SCANNER THAT
WOULD WORK...BUT IN A REASONABLE PRICE RANGE.     THANK YOU.

Any scanner with a good resolution (more than 2400 dpi) would fit to
get a picture of coins :
just put it onto the scanner's glass as if you were scanning a paper,
it'll make you a large picture with the image of the coin at the
middle.
Then, I advise you to use a software like Adobe Photoshop or just
Paint to resize the picture over the interesting zone of your picture.
You're ready o sell on Ebay!
For fragile jewellery/ elements which doesn't support compression use
the same scanner and a piece of white paper.
Put the element you want want to have on picture on the glass, but
don't close the lid, let the scanner opened. Then take your piece of
paper and cut differents pieces to let the scanner see only white
around your element of jewellery.
Scan and retreat the photo, that's finished!

Canon scanners very good.

Even 600 dpi is plenty to get a good scan of coins (unless you want to
zoom in on a small area).  I've used several different brands, and
they have all given good results.  However, some coins (esp. dark
copper coins, or bright silver coins) are difficult to scan well on
any scanner.

With photos it is important to use the correct lighting - since you
don't want to get any glare from the coin - the background is also
important.

Best regards

James Ledger
http://www.montyb.com
http://www.montyb.co.uk