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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Kevin Mader, post: 24720816, member: 106826&quot;]I use both.&nbsp; I do the quick search with a magnifying lamp and loupe but have the stereoscope adjacent for the finer details. </p><p><br /></p><p>What often happens here is that posters put up shots of a date/mm but nothing else to assess attribution.&nbsp; This is sometimes made more difficult by circulation damage, die stage, and for some dates, a plethora of similar positions and locations.&nbsp; Many times the answer is found in the general and specific photos that members ask for later. It is also why I prefer Coppercoins over Wexler and VV for cents, albeit that all are necessary especially when one lists and the other doesn’t.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Many members also over magnify photos creating out of focus or pixelated images.&nbsp; The full obverse and reverse photos, while not immune, are generally better in these regards.&nbsp; Many seasoned variety hunters can attribute a number of specimens this way.&nbsp; But to each their own. The process usually plays out either way.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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