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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Space 4 Rent, post: 813514, member: 22065&quot;]A friend of mine is an avid collector, and much more experienced with a much deeper collection. Occasionally he throws out a nugget of experience that I often find helpful. Usually it is something obvious to a more experienced collector, but not always to me, a novice. </p><p><br /></p><p>He shared one with me that I thought was very helpful, and extremely obvious I know, but here it is for those like me.</p><p><br /></p><p>When viewing a coin through a loop, always turn the coin upside-down when you first look at it. You will pick up abnormalities, DDRs, RMM, doubling, etc., much faster that if you looked at the coin right ways up. He mentioned that the brain often fills in details on familiar objects during a quick look, and you may miss something if you are in a hurry. </p><p><br /></p><p>I went trough a few random coins in my collection using this technique, and although I did not find anything interesting, I did see the coin in a new light. I am definitely going to keep this in mind next time I am out coin shopping.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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