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<p>[QUOTE="bhp3rd, post: 787921, member: 16510"]<b>Try this,</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p> </p><p>Try this, instead of looking at the coin from a straight distance, head down surface of the set or coin flat in front learn to move that baby around. Look at it from all angles possible. Look at it across like it's flat and your just scanning the top of the surface flat from your eye as if looking across the coins. Turn it at one foot below a 60 watt bulb to the extreme so that the light gathers in different places at different times. Bring the light to the coin not the coin to the light. Learn to tilt that coin forward and not backward as you bring the loupe in - this is the one biggest mistake I see peple doing automaticly as they bring thier loupe towards the coin they block the light with their head or even worse a hat or cap.</p><p> </p><p>Learn to look at coins with your minds eye instead of your logical eye.</p><p>See what you have not seen before. Go beyond the thought "well I've looked at them and they look the same" thought. If you look across a proof silver it will still look white a clad will start to change to a greyish tone. Silver is white clad is grey or metalic, steely if you will. Silver strikes up much better and different than the hard clad type steel does. Silver lettering and numbers while first looking the same will take on a softer but more defined look - once you get it, you will have it".[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="bhp3rd, post: 787921, member: 16510"][b]Try this,[/b] Try this, instead of looking at the coin from a straight distance, head down surface of the set or coin flat in front learn to move that baby around. Look at it from all angles possible. Look at it across like it's flat and your just scanning the top of the surface flat from your eye as if looking across the coins. Turn it at one foot below a 60 watt bulb to the extreme so that the light gathers in different places at different times. Bring the light to the coin not the coin to the light. Learn to tilt that coin forward and not backward as you bring the loupe in - this is the one biggest mistake I see peple doing automaticly as they bring thier loupe towards the coin they block the light with their head or even worse a hat or cap. Learn to look at coins with your minds eye instead of your logical eye. See what you have not seen before. Go beyond the thought "well I've looked at them and they look the same" thought. If you look across a proof silver it will still look white a clad will start to change to a greyish tone. Silver is white clad is grey or metalic, steely if you will. Silver strikes up much better and different than the hard clad type steel does. Silver lettering and numbers while first looking the same will take on a softer but more defined look - once you get it, you will have it".[/QUOTE]
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