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<p>[QUOTE="tammiGee, post: 3266958, member: 98133"][USER=99634]@NatedoggAZ[/USER] What you find is that within a short time you will develop your own process for a quick initial inspect-obverse and the same inspect for the reverse. I start with the obverse in this order; date and mint mark, go left to the element(subject)for a quick 100% look over, left to the LIBERTY, then an upward clockwise spin around the top to inspect the IGWT. Flip and do a somewhat slower spin around the entire coin seeing letters, wheat ears each side finishing with the ONE CENT and below that the USOA. Anything OTHER than an apparent perfectly punched coin and (some that look right but need to be looked at again like key dates) I separate from the perfect looking ones.You will get a method and get quicker and keener the more you do it. Don't forget, it can look perfect but could have a tiny nuance like an RPM or a double ear so I expect to do the entire search over at least once more. If I try to do a full blow evaluation/date and mint mark glean/and also look for minor and major errors all at the same time, I most certainly have and will miss something. Quickness isn't exactly as important as details especially when searching for errors. Now I can do all of this in about 15-20 seconds per coin thanks to the microscope..trademarked: My Crazy Method[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="tammiGee, post: 3266958, member: 98133"][USER=99634]@NatedoggAZ[/USER] What you find is that within a short time you will develop your own process for a quick initial inspect-obverse and the same inspect for the reverse. I start with the obverse in this order; date and mint mark, go left to the element(subject)for a quick 100% look over, left to the LIBERTY, then an upward clockwise spin around the top to inspect the IGWT. Flip and do a somewhat slower spin around the entire coin seeing letters, wheat ears each side finishing with the ONE CENT and below that the USOA. Anything OTHER than an apparent perfectly punched coin and (some that look right but need to be looked at again like key dates) I separate from the perfect looking ones.You will get a method and get quicker and keener the more you do it. Don't forget, it can look perfect but could have a tiny nuance like an RPM or a double ear so I expect to do the entire search over at least once more. If I try to do a full blow evaluation/date and mint mark glean/and also look for minor and major errors all at the same time, I most certainly have and will miss something. Quickness isn't exactly as important as details especially when searching for errors. Now I can do all of this in about 15-20 seconds per coin thanks to the microscope..trademarked: My Crazy Method[/QUOTE]
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