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<p>[QUOTE="bhp3rd, post: 830152, member: 16510"]The way you do it is learn to really turn the coin. You got to look at the coin from side to side, rim to rim, across the surface in every direction.</p><p>You have got to turn the coin away from you slightly to gather the light into the coin. Never wear any kind of ball cap with a bill. Bringing the light into the coin then looking across it as you would look at the top of you car top flat across. Many people put there head down automatically when louping a coin blocking out the light, don't lower you head raise the coin and pull all light you can into it.</p><p>When looking at the particular lettering or date to determine which it is look to see if it's the metal that have been doubled or an extra element from the die. It always boils down to is it a contiuaton of the original images or is something exrta there.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="bhp3rd, post: 830152, member: 16510"]The way you do it is learn to really turn the coin. You got to look at the coin from side to side, rim to rim, across the surface in every direction. You have got to turn the coin away from you slightly to gather the light into the coin. Never wear any kind of ball cap with a bill. Bringing the light into the coin then looking across it as you would look at the top of you car top flat across. Many people put there head down automatically when louping a coin blocking out the light, don't lower you head raise the coin and pull all light you can into it. When looking at the particular lettering or date to determine which it is look to see if it's the metal that have been doubled or an extra element from the die. It always boils down to is it a contiuaton of the original images or is something exrta there.[/QUOTE]
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