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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 8058936, member: 24314&quot;]<span style="color: #660033">Randy Abercrombie, posted: &quot;What I am about to ask will be unpopular at best. I am fully aware of the parameters we place on the quality of our coins…… But if we have to use 10X magnification to reveal an imperfection on a coin that we otherwise found appealing, should that really take away from our ability to enjoy the piece?…… Now this is just the practical side of me speaking so don’t blast me too hard please.&quot;</span></p><p><br /></p><p>There is absolutely nothing to be blasted about. <b> A collector can enjoy a coin in any condition they wish; r</b>oad rash, repairs, and holes included!&nbsp; News flash, there is a reason we are told to grade coins with our naked eye or 5X magnification.</p><p><br /></p><p>I personally like to see everything there is to see on a coin I collect so 10X plus magnification let&#039;s me enjoy it with no surprises later.&nbsp; Let me tell you a story I use in my grading classes and see if it makes sense.&nbsp; I go to buy a diamond.&nbsp; The dealer puts five beautiful stones on a pad for both of us to &quot;enjoy.&quot;&nbsp; He tells me each is certified to be flawless at the industry standard of 10X and offers to let me see them under his scope.&nbsp; Thanks!&nbsp; The fist thing I <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie93" alt=":troll:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> do is crank the power of the scope up to as high over 10X as it will go. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie46" alt=":facepalm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp;&nbsp; Then I pick the most &quot;flawless&quot; diamond even though I would enjoy all of them,</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #660066">johnmilton, posted: &quot;The 10X glass is used to detect counterfeits and cleaning hairlines. It is also useful when you are looking at a very high grade coin. When you get below MS-63, you are going to find stuff with a 10X that might not please you, but you need to take it into perspective You are going to find things on those coins. </span></p><p><span style="color: #660066"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #660066">The question you should ask is, does this coin please me without extreme magnification? If it does, then the issues you see are not really important.&quot;</span></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> John, I can count on ONE HAND the famous people we all know who I would trust to <b><span style="color: #b30000">authenticate </span></b><span style="color: #000000">a coin with a 10X hand lens.&nbsp; How do you think all the fakes are getting into every TPGS slab!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</span></p><p><b><span style="color: #b30000">&nbsp; &nbsp; </span></b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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