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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Burgess, post: 4918088, member: 105098&quot;]Thanks for the link I would have never found it from 2011. It&#039;s not a comparison like I was hoping or very in depth discussion,&nbsp; but end result was GDJMSP recommending the GE Reveal halogens as a suitable bulb, although it doesn&#039;t match up completely, it has high CRI and close Kelvin to incandescent. kind of wish they could get it down to 2700K but it is what it is.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>It&#039;s not that halogen is &quot;too bright&quot; lumens are lumens. A incandescent bulb at 60 watts is about 800 lumens. A GE Reveal 75W halogen equivalent is 790 lumens.</p><p>Although the 60 watt equivalent is too low at 565 lumens. and I think a 100W incandescent is too bright at 1600 Lumens much less the halogen equivalent. </p><p>it&#039;s the CRI and the Kelvin that A) doesn&#039;t render the colors right and causes eye strain, or B) Kelvin is too hot or cold and causes eye strain and in general poor view condition due to the differences in reflected wavelengths of light.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think the 800-1100 lumen range of halogen (60W-75W incandescent) with high CRI in the 90s+ and a Kelvin of 3000 (or less down to 2600) is likely the long term solution to the discontinuation of the incandescent bulbs, Possibly even LED can work if they can get into this neighborhood. </p><p><br /></p><p>Anyways, Apologies to OP about going way off on a tangent here on lighting. I really think a little LED ringbox will not get you the kind of lighting you desire for your coin display to show off the coin in the best light.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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