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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SuperDave, post: 2881615, member: 1892&quot;]Attributing an 1878-S Long Nock is more about knowledge than magnification. A typical loupe should have sufficient magnification to show the details which allow attribution, but in this case it&#039;ll be difficult unless you have a known VAM-57 on hand to compare it to. Or, you&#039;ve seen a sufficient number of each to know the difference offhand.</p><p><br /></p><p>By all means, acquire a microscope if you wish, although I will say that the &#039;scope [USER=56575]@ken454[/USER] linked costs almost as much as my entire dSLR-based imaging rig. In the case of this coin, though, rather than spend money on a &#039;scope which won&#039;t help unless you&#039;re sure of what you&#039;re looking at, just send the coin to [USER=1765]@messydesk[/USER] (varslab.com) for attribution for a lot less money. If it&#039;s 59, it <b>definitely</b> deserves to be in an attributed slab for potential resale.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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