I compared this one with another 1996 and you can clearly see where on a normal 96, the bottom of the 6 is nice and round. On this one, the bottom of the 6 almost shoots straight up after the curve. To me, logic would be, even if it was hit, which would have to be a pretty good hit to deform it like that, would the hit pretty much wipe out, or close to it, that digit? I may be over thinking this.
Ya, I figured that. I've been looking at pennies for about 4 hrs straight and so far nothing. I have a headache and I think my eyes are crossed. Think I'm going to leave the coin search alone for the weekend, clean and refresh the brain.
I use a 6x loupe with LED for first inspection. If I see something, then I get my 16x loupe to get a closer look. The light sucks so when I'm using my small loupe, I'm having to move, adjust, move and adjust more to get a good look at what I'm seeing.
That's why I can't wait to get that Celestron with LCD screen. I can look straight and not get a neck cramp and headache.
If a person is in the variety game for the long term, get a binocular 'dissecting' type of microscope such as a B & L Stereozoom 7 with light. It is not a webcam type of scope , it is an optical scope. One eyepiece is adjustable for diopter ( strength) so you can have both eyes focused exactly, and see a 3 dimensional image. They take standard eyepiece lens so you can have from 2.5X to your limit. I have 2.5 eyepieces to 20X eyepieces , and the scope has .7X to 3X, so my range is from 1.7X to 60X. there are also accessory lens to attach below the objective to modify the range. They also can come with a 3rd tube for attachment of a camera, but with practice you can take a photo through an eyepiece. You can use any light source you can get close enough to shine on the coin , from LED to fiberoptic halogen, and the working distance is great. Since they are now surplus from many colleges, manufacturing sources, etc. They are easily found on eBay and from surplus houses. I have had one of mine for 30+ years. and if adjusted for height, can be comfortable for long term searching. If something fails in your chinese microscope, you won't be able to get parts after a couple of years. You will be limited to the led camera's resolution which may be only 3 or 5 mp, which doesn't matter on the screen that size, but try to put part of the image on a computer monitor , and you can see the pixelation problem. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Bausch-Lomb...05&prg=10629&rk=5&rkt=6&sd=371154159816&rt=nc jim
I do plan on staying in the game for a long time and I also want something that will last for a while too. I have neck issues so the looking down part is what bothers me. Maybe that's one of my problems, using just one eye and not get that full 3D image. The attachment for a camera sounds great. So you can see the whole coin through the eye piece?
Not the larger ones in the stock configuration, but the additional eyepieces or accessory lens allow me to get a complete morgan size This is about the max, mintmark of a 5 cent buffalo to see if it touched, but the resolution is easy to see. The Celestron type scope says 100X, 200X, but it is really false figures. This is about 45X. Here you can see how the doubled die makes the letters wider than normal, and both parts are near same level. 1936 DDO lincoln. !909 DDO Lincoln 1891 IHC Snow -3 repunched date One last one 1956 RPM -008 The resolution and depth of field compared to a small lens USB type of microscope Jim
