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Message:: [QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 2773030, member: 112"]SAY WHAT ??? <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Please tell me you're not serious ! Yes, tilting a coin, or if you prefer, rolling it slowly under a light can tell you a lot of things about a coin. That is because the light reflecting from certain angles allows you to see what you cannot see from other angles. For example, to see signs of harsh cleaning you may need to the coin towards you, away from you, or to the left, or to the right, or any of the many different angles in between all of those ! ON coin A one direction may show you what you need to see and on coin B an entirely different direction may show you what you need to see. As for detecting if a coin has been dipped, if it has been dipped correctly there is only 1 way you can know that - deductive reasoning. Tilting it in any direction will not tell you anything about whether it has been dipped or not ! Now if a coin has been dipped incorrectly, or over-dipped, you may be able to detect that from any and all angles - not just one or the other. And detecting a counterfeit, the only way to detect a counterfeit is by examining the coin's diagnostics. And to do that you may have to tilt it 50 different directions to see them all, or just one. But there is no telling what the specific one is until you look at the coin.[/QUOTE]