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<p>[QUOTE="Daggarjon, post: 77182, member: 4230"]I need some serious help with this one... In the past year or two is when i really got into actually looking at the finer detaisl fo the coins in my collection. I bought a loupe off Ebay - BIG mistake - It was a 30x loupe (i think) with 2 different lenses that could overlap for better magnification... but this loupe was all plastic including the lens and did a horrible job. lots of distortion!!!</p><p><br /></p><p>The help i need, since i know nothing about loupes, including if i am spelling right, is if anyone can point me in a direction of a really good - but not so highly priced, loupe that i can buy to get a real good look at the details on my coins. I dont need any type of microscope - i dont need to get that close, but i would like a magnification capable to seeing a small double die that would certainly be missed with the untrained naked eye.</p><p><br /></p><p>any help would be greatly benificial and greatly appreciated <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Daggarjon, post: 77182, member: 4230"]I need some serious help with this one... In the past year or two is when i really got into actually looking at the finer detaisl fo the coins in my collection. I bought a loupe off Ebay - BIG mistake - It was a 30x loupe (i think) with 2 different lenses that could overlap for better magnification... but this loupe was all plastic including the lens and did a horrible job. lots of distortion!!! The help i need, since i know nothing about loupes, including if i am spelling right, is if anyone can point me in a direction of a really good - but not so highly priced, loupe that i can buy to get a real good look at the details on my coins. I dont need any type of microscope - i dont need to get that close, but i would like a magnification capable to seeing a small double die that would certainly be missed with the untrained naked eye. any help would be greatly benificial and greatly appreciated :o[/QUOTE]
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