Getting My Grandson To Start Checking Coins.

If he found a 2028 dime then we are def gonna need some pics!

Has he been playing with your flux capacitor (back to the future movie) or live near CERN? Congrats on the time travel proof!

Loupes are more for grading or looking for errors/varieties that some like to use more than a microscope. I would think something easier -just enough to enlarge dates for viewing as an example... For that purpose even a Carson 5X MiniBrite LED Lighted Slide-Out Aspheric Magnifier for $13 was excellent for general use just to enlarge/read dates and mint marks or years on currency etc easier than a loupe since its lighted or scope to id coins to see if you then need to look more deeply) and can also be used to enlarge small text on anything which is generally handy. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00524H8MC Its also not as easily breakable.

Obviously if your grading or need a more professional better look the led can mislead you so thats where a Bausch & Lomb Hastings Triplet 7x Magnifier - Model 816168 would be my preference. Cheaper ones work but there are differences that are easier to spot for this one. After that you get more into scopes, clip on macro lens and such.

Tried for years to get my son intereted, no luck.

Very cool John1, I never had one of those but here is an unboxing and testing video. Only thing it needs is a rotator and a new version could be released :)

So that you can make the coin rotate around 360 degrees under the magnifying glass without having to move the entire device or touch the coin, so you can see it from different angles or at least see it facing up as sometimes coins will be upside down or sideways. At least with a microscope you are normally putting the coin facing the way you want to look at it, but it also could use a rotator :)

That is the impression I got since you both are stacking the coins to load them and then the flipping over and sliding might possibly cause scratches? I'm sure it could be designed better to do something one at a time but it was sure interesting back in the 1960s. I'm perfectly happy using the carson just to check dates and mm or look a bit closer at currency to enlarge (or just enlarge text), but then get out the microscope or the Bausch & Lomb for the real look as needed.

I have others including Eschenbach Mobilux LED Hand-held Magnifier - 5x here now that was around $100! but need to play with it more as I really cant yet recommend it over other cheaper options.