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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2338876, member: 24314&quot;]I&#039;m making a clarification of my post for you.&nbsp; &quot;Proper lighting&quot; is a relative term.&nbsp; Most instructors recommend that collectors use the same wattage of light at all times.&nbsp; Then, you&#039;ll get use to the &quot;look&quot; of coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Florescent light is the ONLY light to use for authentication.&nbsp; Incandescent light is used by all the TPGS and 99.99% of professionals for grading and authentication. </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m one of the .01%.&nbsp; I use florescent light (also incandescent) to grade coins.&nbsp; The florescent light eliminates all the bright reflection on a coin&#039;s high points (the first place I look for wear).&nbsp; I learned this in a class decades ago.&nbsp; It makes it easy to judge a coin&#039;s originality (it gives results similar to the &quot;bounce light on to a coin trick&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>The only reason I wish to see pictures w/florescent is they should eliminate the glare from the slabs.&nbsp; Then everyone here can make a better guess.</p><p><br /></p><p>In the meantime.&nbsp; The color of your coins is too shiny.&nbsp; You should look on the heritage site at a MS 1891-S dollar to see what I am indicating.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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