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<p>[QUOTE="Insider, post: 8172228, member: 24314"]Anntron, posted: "As to grading, [USER=111931]@john65999[/USER], I agree with you. Years ago, [USER=24314]@Insider[/USER] taught me to grade with fluorescent light and/or an orange filter. If you want to see how a coin should grade, look at it in black and white."</p><p><br /></p><p>Clarification: I use both florescent and incandescent light to grade. I also use my eye, a 7X hand lens, and a microscope set at low power to grade. The fluorescent light is especially useful to detect any loss of original surface on the high points of a coin. <span style="color: #b30000">THAT'S WHY YOU COLLECTORS HAVE BEEN TOLD FOR DECADES </span><font size="6"><span style="color: #b30000"><b>NOT </b>TO USE FLORSECENT LIGHT TO GRADE COINS!!!! </span> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie12" alt="o_O" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie57" alt=":jawdrop:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie46" alt=":facepalm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Insider, post: 8172228, member: 24314"]Anntron, posted: "As to grading, [USER=111931]@john65999[/USER], I agree with you. Years ago, [USER=24314]@Insider[/USER] taught me to grade with fluorescent light and/or an orange filter. If you want to see how a coin should grade, look at it in black and white." Clarification: I use both florescent and incandescent light to grade. I also use my eye, a 7X hand lens, and a microscope set at low power to grade. The fluorescent light is especially useful to detect any loss of original surface on the high points of a coin. [COLOR=#b30000]THAT'S WHY YOU COLLECTORS HAVE BEEN TOLD FOR DECADES [/COLOR][SIZE=6][COLOR=#b30000][B]NOT [/B]TO USE FLORSECENT LIGHT TO GRADE COINS!!!! [/COLOR] o_O:jawdrop::facepalm::D[/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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