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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bhp3rd, post: 502575, member: 16510&quot;]<b>Really depends</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Like others have said it really depends - for die varieties I use Hasting Triplet 10x, 14x, and 20 - the best money can buy.&nbsp; There may be one brand better made in Germany (can&#039;t remember the name) I think they make cameras.&nbsp; Now I search often between 2500 and 7000 Lincoln&#039;s each week so I pretty much live through my loupe sometimes searching 4 to 5 hours a day.</p><p>The 20x can be mastered if one works at it but it is very very small.&nbsp; What ever you really get hooked on is probably what you will end up using.&nbsp; For coin grading a good 5x or 8x would be the best choice if that is what one ends up doing most of time - but I am searching most of the time so the 10x and 20x is what I feel most comfortable using.</p><p>Good lighting is a must I use 3 - 60 watt incandescent bulbs one 8 to 10 inches from work, (the closest) another mid-range and one above all of the desk.&nbsp; I can see mostly all the inside of any mint-mark with this method on a coin grading VG and above.</p><p>But yes our eyes are failing once I hit early 50&#039;s I seem to need a new RX for my eyes each year( not that I get them that often) .&nbsp; I don&#039;t know if it&#039;s because of age or searching I do but it&#039;s probably both.</p><p>To rest your eyes while working raise your head up and if near a window or door look at trees, (esp, when green) and seating your eyes on something a hundred or so yards away after a few minutes seems to really help.</p><p>Hope this helps,</p><p>Ben Peters[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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