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The "Price" = "Value" Of Owning A Microscope

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 Posted 01/20/2006  4:33 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Joeyuk to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
This mint mark was added to my 1879 Morgan. This coin was given to me but cost the previous owner $400-$500. Pic if from QX5 at 60X. I also have a stereo zoom microscope for close work.



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 Posted 01/20/2006  6:36 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add rujam to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Again it's all about lighting! And the angle of the light. I have a Microscope I bought in 1997 for $145.00 and a Sony digital camera. I focus, put the camera to the microscope ( the lens does not touch so it is perfectly safe) take the pic WITHOUT THE FLASH, connect the usb to my computer, resize and post my pic. The beauty of it is, before resizing it is a full (huge) pic so I do not have to squint while looking. Just by taking the pics if I think I see something, when I get it on the desktop I can find things I never knew was there. I have a desklamp with a bendable neck, this makes it easy to get the lighting just right!!!!
I have included some examples, a pic of my daughter with my Microscope& her collection, and an exaple of disappointment found with a microscope.

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I have to admit, very interesting, but even with your first pic ND, you can see some tampering, I am sure that with my 10X eye loop, I would be able to see the tampering without a MS..do you agree?
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