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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;sylvester, post: 6864, member: 708&quot;]Well i can see how you might need one if you are looking for minor errors, or hairlines on surfaces, but when you are dealing with 17th century coins it&#039;s not so much about getting a coin in a certain grade, like MS64 rather than a pitiful MS63, it&#039;s more about being able to actually find the coin at all!</p><p><br /></p><p>And with hammered it&#039;s more of a case of 1) with the rarer coins actually just finding one in any grade, or 2) with a common one, finding one that&#039;s well centred, not chipped, not clipped, and in a good state of preservation for the issue.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now if it was a Queen Mary groat, that would probably be the grades Gfair - GF, So as you can see loupes aren&#039;t really a necessity in these areas.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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