To provide an authentication image acquisition device capable of capturing an image of an article surface with improved definition.SOLUTION: In an authentication image acquisition system 400, an authentication image acquisition device PC (406) stores, in a memory 410, a template that defines the imaging position of an authentication image, and compares an image of a predetermined area of an object captured by an imaging device with the template stored in the memory 410 to obtain a matching degree. If the acquired matching degree is equal to or greater than a first threshold, the captured image is stored in the memory 410 as an authentication image candidate.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4
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