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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bhp3rd, post: 833843, member: 16510&quot;]There may be somthing that can do it well but as far as I know myself and other die variety people do it one coin at a time.&nbsp; We get very fast though and it depends what you are wanting to acomplish.</p><p>If looking at dates for collecting that easy.&nbsp; If looking for die varieties it&#039;s another story all together.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>2-keys points of clearification are missing here.&nbsp; And no a can&#039;t spell but,,,</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><b>1. We don&#039;t search the coin for abnormalities and then go match it up with a known variety.</b></p><p><b>2. We know the die varieties first in the series (as much as can be), then find the coin.</b></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Some do seperate them such as you could for 1936-P Lincoln&#039;s then at some point just focus in on the big 3 dies for that year at once.</p><p>I see no advantage to handling them twice or for that matter use a mechanical device to focus in on them.</p><p>In die varieties you must learn to turn the coin in normal iridesscent light, 60 watts at 4 to 8 inches is fine or closer for each person.&nbsp; We turn that coin and look all across it from extreme angles to find die markers and other die varieties.&nbsp; We actually learn to flood the coins surface with light - we pull the light in.&nbsp; Anything that requires you too lay it flat will not be of much use - we don&#039;t look flat only we look at again, extreme angles.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I can search a roll of common wheats in 4 minutes anyday of the week.&nbsp; I often search as much as 4 to 7 hours and look at over 4000 cents in that amount of time.&nbsp; But I have done it for a long time and I am very good.</p><p>Anyone can be if they are as crazy as me or dedicated which ever way you want to put it don&#039;t matter to me.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>This has been brought up before and it&#039;s great if something works.&nbsp; I won&#039;t end up using it cause I&#039;m addicted to the loupe.&nbsp; The problem is even if you zero&#039;ed in on a coin and saw something, some doubling or even the exact doubled die you will then have to take it off and loupe it to further confirm the die markers so,,,,, do as you wish.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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