Just be careful about taking close-ups of coins.
All of a sudden your coins start looking ugly and with LOTS of marks.
Even a PR-70 coin will show problems if the picture is blown up enough.
The pros at the
TPG's do much of their grading WITHOUT a loupe.
If something appears to require a closer look they'll use something in the range of 3x to 5x.
And only if there's a tough attribution to make will they go as high as 10x.
Fly speck collectors will use a stereo microscope up in the 40x to 60x range.
They not generally after "error" coins as an end.
They are after differences that help identify minting discrepancies.
CLASSIC CASES: Doubling and warping on the reverse of US Memorial cents. Look at some of the articles in
Coin World.