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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 1103807, member: 112&quot;]To a degree Sam I agreee with you. Sure the pics make it easier to see things because the image is so much bigger. But a trained eye can see most if not all of the same things if they just take the time to look at the coin under a good light. I can&#039;t tell you how many times I have wished that I could sit down with folks side by side at a table and show them what I see on a coin when I look at it. I&#039;ve done it with a few people, they are amazed at what <u>they</u> can see when I get done. And that&#039;s with coins they have owned for years, and yet they never saw it.</p><p><br /></p><p>But anyway, to your point. Yes, over-magnification (and that&#039;s what ya get with pics) will cause many to be overly critical of their coins and thus under-grade them. That is precisely why you should never use anything stronger than a 5x glass when grading. And even then, you only use that 5x glass about 5% of the time. The rest of the work is done with your naked eyes.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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