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Message:: [QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 4588294, member: 112"]Kelly I know this isn't what you are asking about, how one light can show doubling and another not show it, but perhaps if you see this it will help you understand things better. I'm going to show you pictures of a coin. [ATTACH=full]1136166[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1136167[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1136168[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1136169[/ATTACH] Looks like 2 different coins doesn't it ? I mean they look radically different don't they ? Well it isn't 2 coins, it's exactly the same coin. I took both sets of pictures less than a minute apart, and I used the same lights for both. The only thing I did change, was I moved the lights up about 1/4 of an inch - that's it. Ya see, it's not only the kind of light itself, it's also the angle at which the light hits the coin and the angle it is reflected back to your eye or the camera. The type of light used and angles change everything you see - or don't see ! When the doubling is minor, the very same kind of thing happens as what you see above. Now if the doubling is major like it is on a '55 doubled die cent, I don't care what kind of light ya use or what the angle is - you're gonna see it ! But when it's just minor, you're not always gonna see it. That's what lights and angles do.[/QUOTE]