I took the liberty of moving this to the Photography forum, where we discuss this subject often enough that you should find two or three separate threads about it on the first page.
I'm using and liking a Celestron one, the trick is to get one that is low enough power 5-10X is fine for coins, up to 40x for details - some only do close ups and not whole coin shots. Many are marketed with 200x power and that is way, way too much power for coin collectors.
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