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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2607532, member: 24314&quot;]You&#039;ll see more &quot;surface ID&quot; with a 7-10X hand lens, proper lighting, a dark room, and the <span style="color: #b30000">one-and-only correct method of examining a coin</span>: tip it back and forth while rotating it at the same time.</p><p><br /></p><p>I can personally guarantee that a skilled numismatist can tell more about the originality of a coin than 90% of the collectors/dealers in this country by just looking at its color w/o any magnification at all! </p><p><br /></p><p>The people who sell optics of every kind push high power.&nbsp; Just as a 400X telescope can be virtually useless, so is a 30X hand lens.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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