What Tools Do You Use?

My basic set is
Krause
Digital weighing scale
10 x LED loupe
Callipers
Cotton gloves
Scanner
and the internet

A-hem Varieties seemed to be a natural to me. He had a complete Lincoln colection and I thought the doubled dies were cool. One of my first coin purchases was a '95 dd cent. My dad even purchased a $50 mint sealed bag I searched with a microscope and found 1 doubled die.
I thought it was the best thing in the world going thru his Indian cents, Wheat backs, Barber quarters who knows what else with Breens Encyclopedia opened or CherryPickers' Guide. It is still a thrill.
I have coppercoins website on my favorites just so I can flip back and forth from e-bay and do variety searches by date on his site. He has fantastic pictures. The put alot of effort in over there.

I have looked at the pictures of double dies on the lincoln cents and if its not on the obverse I really cant tell the difference. The reverse just has so much design in it that I just cant see any doubling in any of the pictures. I have thought about buying a DDR Lincoln Cent just to see if I could see it in hand but these dern Morgans keep getting in the way of that endevor

I have a growing library...the one thing I want most is the HAXBY 4 volume set of Obsolete Bank Notes. I can't find a set anywhere :(

Regarding the Red book/Blue book conversations, I usually reccomend that collectors buy the Red Book because it's retail prices, although the prices are quite far behind the market...Greysheet prices are often higher! For collectors that sell a lot or are thinking of selling their collection I advise them to use the Blue book...the prices there are based on what you can get for the coins. We sell both in the shop and they both are good sellers. If anyone wants a copy (we have 2007 red books) and can't find one locally, drop me a line and I'll try to hook you up.
tradernick