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<p>[QUOTE="Insider, post: 2443941, member: 24314"]Thanks for one of your typical & expected VERY INFORMATIVE POSTS. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie59" alt=":joyful:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>There is a reason that 99% of Professional numismatists at grading seminars, TPGS's, auction companies, and coin dealers recommend examining coins using incandescent light. It keeps the ignorant <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie30" alt=":bucktooth:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> or misinformed <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie30" alt=":bucktooth:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> collectors in the dark <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie18" alt=":bag:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />; allowing them to have opinions about things they know nothing about. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie46" alt=":facepalm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a <span style="color: #ff00ff">game</span> I recommend all of you try...take an Uncirculated coin into a dark room, turn on a florescent desk light and examine its high points with a glass. This <span style="color: #ff00ff">game</span> was played every time I was with technicians/authenticators at the Treasury Department in DC. You might be surprised at what you see.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Insider, post: 2443941, member: 24314"]Thanks for one of your typical & expected VERY INFORMATIVE POSTS. :joyful: There is a reason that 99% of Professional numismatists at grading seminars, TPGS's, auction companies, and coin dealers recommend examining coins using incandescent light. It keeps the ignorant :bucktooth: or misinformed :bucktooth: collectors in the dark :bag:; allowing them to have opinions about things they know nothing about. :facepalm: Here is a [COLOR=#ff00ff]game[/COLOR] I recommend all of you try...take an Uncirculated coin into a dark room, turn on a florescent desk light and examine its high points with a glass. This [COLOR=#ff00ff]game[/COLOR] was played every time I was with technicians/authenticators at the Treasury Department in DC. You might be surprised at what you see.[/QUOTE]
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