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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jhinton, post: 1639230, member: 24410&quot;]Not necessarily your eyes. The quality of your loupe or eye piece makes a huge difference. I have two loupes that I use, one is an Eschenbach 5X and the other is an Eschenbach 12X. I use the 5X for almost everything. I would not use anything higher for grading (but some do) and you can see diagnostics of almost all the major varieties. I use the 12X when I need to authenticate a coin or to check out a spot every now and then.</p><p>Both are expensive loups (at least in my book) costing $55 and $130 respectively. I have had many cheaper ones and a few that were more expensive but out of all the ones I have tried, I like these two the best.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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