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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;EvilKidsMeal, post: 1135653, member: 28937&quot;]Your going to want a few different magnifications, or atleast many people including myself prefer this. Usually people use 5x and 10x. 5x is good for looking at the coin as a whole(for grading and minor detail observation), and 10x is better for focusing on small parts such as errors. As far as 5x goes, they are cheap. I use this one and absolutely love it:<a href="http://www.jpscorner.com/Magnifiers_and_Loupes.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.jpscorner.com/Magnifiers_and_Loupes.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.jpscorner.com/Magnifiers_and_Loupes.htm</a> </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>It&#039;s the Bausch &amp; Lomb Packette. It&#039;s the last one in that first group of magnifiers. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>For 10x the Hastings Triplet magnifiers are supposed to be superior. I&#039;ll admit that I went with a cheaper 10x to start with, but I also realize it can be better. That being said I will get a Hastings soon. So if the price for those works for you then just start out right and get one. Those are a little farther down on that same page.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>You can also go higher in magnification if its friendlier towards your eyes, but atleast for errors I have seen that the general consensus is that if it is not easily visible at 10x at the highest it is not usually worth it. There may be differing opinions, but thats the majority of what I&#039;ve seen.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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