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What's The Best Light Source To Grade Coins? Informal Poll!

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I have been trying to grade coins for a few months now and can't decide on the best light source to use.

Here are my choices

1. natural sunlight
2. single bright light source
3. subdued light
4. Coors lite
5. Bud lite

My vote is 3 and 4! Coins look awesome under these
conditions. Maybe that's my problem all along.
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I'm not beer drinker but I can see 1 and 4 concurrently. never overhead lighting always indirect not full sun. gotta play with them at different times of the day.
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I usually don't photograph my coins but I heard an incandescent light works well also sun light .
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