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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;desertgem, post: 2007092, member: 15199&quot;]If a person is in the variety game for the long term,&nbsp; get a binocular &#039;dissecting&#039; type of microscope such as a B &amp; 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.&nbsp; 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. </p><p><br /></p><p>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. </p><p><br /></p><p>If something fails in your chinese microscope, you won&#039;t be able to get parts after a couple of years. You will be limited to the led camera&#039;s resolution which may be only 3 or 5 mp, which doesn&#039;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&nbsp; problem.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/Bausch-Lomb-0-7X-3X-Stereozoom-Microscope-W15X-WF-Eyepiece-Single-Illum/331323748464?_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851&amp;_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D25217%26meid%3Dc5346771bf024833b83b50baf4c7ec9c%26pid%3D100005%26prg%3D10629%26rk%3D5%26rkt%3D6%26sd%3D371154159816&amp;rt=nc" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/Bausch-Lomb-0-7X-3X-Stereozoom-Microscope-W15X-WF-Eyepiece-Single-Illum/331323748464?_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851&amp;_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D25217%26meid%3Dc5346771bf024833b83b50baf4c7ec9c%26pid%3D100005%26prg%3D10629%26rk%3D5%26rkt%3D6%26sd%3D371154159816&amp;rt=nc" rel="nofollow">http://www.ebay.com/itm/Bausch-Lomb-0-7X-3X-Stereozoom-Microscope-W15X-WF-Eyepiece-Single-Illum/331323748464?_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851&amp;_trkparms=aid=222007&amp;algo=SIC.MBE&amp;ao=1&amp;asc=25217&amp;meid=c5346771bf024833b83b50baf4c7ec9c&amp;pid=100005&amp;prg=10629&amp;rk=5&amp;rkt=6&amp;sd=371154159816&amp;rt=nc</a>&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>jim[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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