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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;softmentor, post: 2039410, member: 10469&quot;]sorry I was away for a bit. first, I should have said 80x not 800x</p><p>That aside, 712 you read me right, or at least half right. I&#039;m not new to coin collecting, been collecting for more than 40 years. Its the eyes that need the help. 40 years ago I could see the mint mark on a dime clear as day. Now, even with 3x readers on I can&#039;t tell. So, I need help &lt;sigh&gt;</p><p>You were right though, I do roll hunt and so I like to look for varieties, and then I still need to see even a mint mark sometimes.</p><p>I think I want to try something that gives me fairly good but still cheep lens magnification and gets it up on the computer screen so I can look at it there. I know there is some software play with the magnification. but I can move the coin a little and get a couple of angles on close calls. Generally I won&#039;t need the full 80x.</p><p>Also note that I have a nice little 10x loop that I use now and I can see what I need to but it is tiresome. Getting it up on the computer seems like a nicer way to go.</p><p>Examples of things I want to see are</p><p>types for Ikes 1972 (v1, v2, v3)</p><p>doubling on 1974-d half dollars</p><p>WAM&#039;s on cents</p><p>mint marks, even the ones that are filled, banged up and hard to make out....</p><p>like that</p><p>thank you for your help so far. any suggestion on a reasonable price device?</p><p>Again must work with win7 64 bit. Most of the cheep ones on Ebain do not (32 bit yes but not with 64)</p><p><br /></p><p>As I have though about this the last few days I also thought, I&#039;ve been planing the purchase of a nice camera either an upper end Nikon or Cannon. I still have a great film era Nikon that was top of the line in its day and the lenses are still first rate (even if not autofocus) How practical would it be to use the camera with a tripod and a good macro lens? would it be to cumbersome to move coins in and out from under the lens? would I be able to get images up on the computer easily or would it be too many steps from coin to coin?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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