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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Numan, post: 508152, member: 13259&quot;]the_man12,</p><p>Separate the two -- </p><p>1).&nbsp; If you want to take photographs of coins, there are many threads on this site that can give you pointers on how to do that.&nbsp; You will need a macro lens in order to do it justice so you can get up close, but the lighting will be the particularly hard part to get right depending on whether you are photographing a blast white silver coin or a darker copper coin.&nbsp; Don&#039;t try to photo through a magnifying glass and certainly not through a loupe.&nbsp; </p><p>2).&nbsp; If you want to get up close and personal with your coins, not for photography&#039;s sake, but to see the details, then I would suggest a loupe.&nbsp; I tried for quite a while to use a large magnifying glass, but it just didn&#039;t allow me to see the detail in the coin clear enough ... certainly not enough to attribute varieties and see all the die breaks, doubling, etc that I wanted to see.&nbsp; I went with a wide view loupe which allows me, in the right light, to be able to see all the detail I need while still seeing the whole surface of the coin.&nbsp; I went with a 10x loupe, but I know others go somewhat smaller.&nbsp; The loupes are not expensive in the scheme of things.</p><p>Hope this helps. </p><p>John[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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