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Page 2 of 4 < 1 2 3 4 >   LinkBack Thread Tools Rate Thread Display Modes 12-05-2008, 01:06 PM   #1 (permalink) Drusus Pecunia non olet     Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Houston Posts: 2,922 My Mood: I would think you will see the same things, just magnified more...10x is more than you need to check the general condition of the surface of a coin... __________________ Pecunia in arbotis non crescit   12-05-2008, 01:07 PM   #2 (permalink) elaine 1970 jasmine     Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: new york city Posts: 5,391 My Mood: follow up: if you want to sell to them. the dealer might use higher x magnifying glass. so the grade will be lower. and if you want to buy from them. they gonna use lower 3x to 5x and let you see that the coin is grade higher. so you have to pay higher. will that be the case?.   12-05-2008, 01:15 PM   #3 (permalink) davidh soloist gnomic     Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 1,150 My Mood: If you have access to a Harbor Freight store, they have a 3-Loupe set for only $4. It has 2X, 5x and 10X loupes. They used to have a 5-loupe set which added a 3X and 7X to the mix. http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=35450 __________________ Quote: Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible, without surrender, be on good terms with allpersons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly. And listen to others, even the dull and ignorant; they, too, have their story. - Max Ehrmann - Type Set 64/129   12-05-2008, 01:19 PM   #4 (permalink) elaine 1970 jasmine     Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: new york city Posts: 5,391 My Mood: three pieces for only $4.00. will it be a very low quality?. 2x,5x & 10x, wow.....   12-05-2008, 01:21 PM   #5 (permalink) davidh soloist gnomic     Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 1,150 My Mood: A lens is a lens, it's the packaging that changes the cost.. The 5-piece Harbor Freight set I have shows no distortion (chromatic, barrel or pincushion) in any of the magnifiers. If you want high quality at a high price, try this one at B&H (NYC) http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/cont...=REG&A=details __________________ Quote: Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible, without surrender, be on good terms with allpersons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly. And listen to others, even the dull and ignorant; they, too, have their story. - Max Ehrmann - Type Set 64/129 Last edited by davidh; 12-05-2008 at 01:28 PM.   12-05-2008, 01:35 PM   #6 (permalink) elaine 1970 jasmine     Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: new york city Posts: 5,391 My Mood: ha ha.... i think that might be use to check diamonds. well a coin worth $100,000.00 to over a million dollars might have to buy that one. i have a 10x or 20x loupe magnifying glass. i never use it. i did use to check diamonds before. and i never sell those brilliant new coins. i will wait until i want to sell them and use mag. glass to check it. for the meantime. i use only my two eyes to check. Last edited by elaine 1970; 12-05-2008 at 01:41 PM.   12-06-2008, 11:53 AM   #7 (permalink) elaine 1970 jasmine     Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: new york city Posts: 5,391 My Mood: now i will buy some different (times) magnifying glass use for my coin collections. any suggestion? 3x. 5x. & 10x and maybe a 20x. i will use 3x for reading. 10x for uncirculated and 5x for proof. and use my 20x for diamond.   12-06-2008, 12:41 PM   #8 (permalink) davidh soloist gnomic     Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 1,150 My Mood: Quote: Originally Posted by elaine 1970 now i will buy some different (times) magnifying glass use for my coin collections. any suggestion? 3x. 5x. & 10x and maybe a 20x. i will use 3x for reading. 10x for uncirculated and 5x for proof. and use my 20x for diamond. There are hundreds of camera stores in NYC. I'd suggest visiting several of them and see what they might have available. You could try them out on your pocket change and see what works for you. Don't worry too much about the number (3X, 5X, etc), just see what works. I'm kind of partial to B&H at 9th and 34th. Their staff is knowledgeable and helpful. __________________ Quote: Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible, without surrender, be on good terms with allpersons. Speak your truth quietly and clearly. And listen to others, even the dull and ignorant; they, too, have their story. - Max Ehrmann - Type Set 64/129   12-05-2008, 01:40 PM   #9 (permalink) Jim M Numismatist     Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: In A House Posts: 2,607 4X in general, 10X if I am looking for something in particular, 16X to check out very small details if I feel the need to. If it gets down and dirty I break out the 60x microscope. __________________ WINS, ANA, MSNS, HVNS "Never Argue with an Idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience!."   12-05-2008, 01:43 PM   #10 (permalink) elaine 1970 jasmine     Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: new york city Posts: 5,391 My Mood: well, what about put your coins at a very far area and use microscope to see the beauty of it........   12-05-2008, 02:14 PM   #11 (permalink) Drusus Pecunia non olet     Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Houston Posts: 2,922 My Mood: I think its because, on the whole, one doesnt need high magnification to check most aspects of a coin, I see no reason why anyone would need more than 10x for even the most detailed observations... __________________ Pecunia in arbotis non crescit   12-05-2008, 02:24 PM   #12 (permalink) Hobo Numismatist In Training     Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Colorado Springs, CO Posts: 5,027 My Mood: Quote: Originally Posted by Drusus I think its because, on the whole, one doesnt need high magnification to check most aspects of a coin, I see no reason why anyone would need more than 10x for even the most detailed observations... I agree. A 20X is useful for checking for an added mintmark or some other very small detail. In general, anything more than 6X is too powerful for grading a coin because greater magnification will make minor blemishes look worse than they are (and will cause you to lower your grade of the coin). __________________ No state shall emit bills of credit, make any thing but gold and silver coin a tender in payment of debts, coin money . . . - US Constitution, Article 1, Section 10 ANA LM-3799; OHNS LM-59; SUSCC R-4005. All coins stored in bank safe deposit box.   12-05-2008, 03:05 PM   #13 (permalink) elaine 1970 jasmine     Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: new york city Posts: 5,391 My Mood: it looks like there will be no standardization regarding the using the mag. class. maybe 10x for uncirculated and 5x for proof. is that o.k.   12-05-2008, 11:15 PM   #14 (permalink) Arizona Jack The Lincoln-ator     Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Dry Heat USA Posts: 6,754 My Mood: I hang a pair of B&L Hasting Triplets on lanyard around my neck, 10x and 20x, I have a 30X stereo microscope on my desk. __________________ W.I.N.S / ANA / SLCC / Mesa Coin Club I am a poker player ..."thats beyond trailer trash" Joan Rivers on Celebrity Apprentice, 4/09 Hot Sauce Fanatic !!!   12-05-2008, 02:19 PM   #15 (permalink) Hobo Numismatist In Training     Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Colorado Springs, CO Posts: 5,027 My Mood: Keep in mind the graders at TPGs grade several hundred coins every day. They know what to look for and can grade a coin very quickly without a loupe. They have a trained eye and only need to use a loupe when they need to see something in detail. We, on the other hand, see only a few coins and must study a coin in detail to see what the professional grader can see in a flash. __________________ No state shall emit bills of credit, make any thing but gold and silver coin a tender in payment of debts, coin money . . . - US Constitution, Article 1, Section 10 ANA LM-3799; OHNS LM-59; SUSCC R-4005. All coins stored in bank safe deposit box.   Page 2 of 4 < 1 2 3 4 > Bookmarks Digg del.icio.us StumbleUpon Google Would you like to support CoinTalk? Coin Talk Code of Honor 1. Post unto others as you would have them post unto you. 2. Keep it clean, like a 1950s family television show. 3. If you don't like the coin, don't trash the person. « I got a MOAJOR PROBLEM! 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