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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jaceravone, post: 813547, member: 9474&quot;]Although I wouldn&#039;t agree with that comment 100%, I would agree that you do see the coin in a different light when it us upside down....more to come on this comment later in the message.</p><p><br /></p><p>When using a loupe to look at a coin, it should be looked at from as many different angles as possible and under different intensities/types of light.&nbsp; I have three lighting sources at my desk, one halogen, one incandescent and the other is florescent.&nbsp; You would be surprised on what you see under each type of lighting spectrum.&nbsp; Also, I can adjust the intensity of my florescent lighting and halogen lighting.&nbsp; The coin should be held appropriately between your fore finger and thumb and rotated and tilted accordingly to open the surface of the coin to different angles of lighting.&nbsp; This is what will enable you to really see any surface defects and mint mark variations.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>In getting back to your comment about holding the coin upside down, I would like to mention that this is a good exercise to get the mind to see the coin the same way as if you were holding it right side up.&nbsp; What I mean by this is that our minds our programmed to read something one way...in this case with the coin right side up. Turning the coin so that the bust is upside down shouldn&#039;t change the surface or how we see the coin, but our minds tell us differently.&nbsp; Many times when looking for varieties and such, I will do personal exercises and grab coins off the table and look at them as I hold them in my hand no matter what the rotation is.&nbsp; I try to train my brain to see the coin the same no matter how I hold it.&nbsp; It is more difficult than it seems.&nbsp; Try this when you get a chance.&nbsp; There are some coins that I can pick up and look at no matter how they are looking back at me and have the same results if the coin was orientated in the bust upright position and then there are other coins which mess with my mind and I can only look at them one way.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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