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Valued Member
 United States
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Thanks for the replies. Anyone recommend where to buy one at?
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Valued Member
United States
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i myself have a 10x and 30x loop that I use. I find it very useful to look through with the naked eye and also to take pictures with. :)
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Pillar of the Community
Philippines
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I use a 12x for the features and a 32x for the grime & surface texture to spot the casts. Bought them at jeweler's or watch repair supplies store
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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johnstac: I bought mine on Amazon.com. Do a search and you should get a pretty good selection to choose from. |
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 United States
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I started out with a 10x doublet when I was 9 years old.Now I am 48 and I too wear glasses.I mostly roll search cents for errors and varieties so I now use a 14x doublet that I got at a flea market for $5.Most coin shops should have them although it would probably cost more then $5.I also recommend an incandescent bulb,a readers bulb if you can find one they have a lot less glare then a non readers bulb. If you can afford it get a triplet loupe. John1  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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If you decide to get a loupe, spend the money to get a Hastings triplet...a loupe with bad optics can get annoying pretty quick. I think they run $35-$40.
Oh, I use a 10x. I'm not a variety hunter and can see what I want to see with that.
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05/22/2010 4:02 pm
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United States
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For me light is the issue not the optics.
I have a 16x HE Harris & Co loupe but rarely reach for it anymore since I purchased a 10x device with a small LED light ..... for me the light makes all the difference.
The one I have is made by Leuchtturm.
David
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Valued Member
United States
327 Posts |
I was thinking of buying a box of Lincolns from the bank. Do any of you use anything like a desk mounted magnifying light? I'm picturing a fluorescent or LED ring with a magnifying glass in the center that I can look through the top and quickly check pennies with? Brand?
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United States
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Avoid the fluorescent kind, too much flicker. Also those types of mag/lights have a low mag power, under 5x mostly. If your going to look for errors/varieties I wouldn't recommend one of those mag/light combos,IMHO John1 |
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United States
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I have one of those ring light magnifiers-it's a great help when roll hunting to read dates and general looking-saves the old eyes. I have an over the head magnifier for tighter detail and a set of good jewelers loupes for close inspection, and a small good quality folding loupe for shows.
use good quality optics and lighting in this hobby; not doing so will give you eye strain and headaches.
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Valued Member
United States
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Thanks for the advice on loupes. I'm looking at one from Amazon named BelOMO. In the mean time, I purchased a tabled mounted magnifying ring. It does have a fluorescent light on it but it doesn't seem to bother me to much. |
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Canada
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I have two loupes of differing strengths. I wish I knew what strengths they were. But, I've read that using a loupe too much will make you tend to undergrade coins. I use the naked eye and slowly zoom in until I'm satisfied.
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United States
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I use a 10X to do my initial check and have a 15X and 20X if I spot something I want to check closer. WOLF
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United States
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 That's an ideal way of doing it  John1 |
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United States
327 Posts |
I want to follow up to my original post. I mentioned the loupe I purchased but I wanted to also discuss my setup for a table mounted system. I have been going through a lot of boxed coinage from the bank so I needed something quicker then a loupe. I purchased a table mounted round magnifying ring with a fluorescent light inside. At first I really enjoyed it. Particularly, the magnifying part. One day for whatever reason, I had a small desk lamp that used a halogen lamp. Wow, what a difference. The halogen lamp provides much more of a light that helps showing the detail, dimension and relief of the coin. Problem now is that I still like the magnifying ring which I use without the lamp turned on and then also have the halogen desk lamp there. Kind of cluttered for someone who keeps a lot of stuff on the table as it is. Anyway, there is some follow up for those who come across this in the future. John
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