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Message:: [QUOTE="Just Carl, post: 157343, member: 4552"]Then again are you planning on taking photos of coins? if not and only want to see better you may want to just check out a local flea market, Walmart or something like Carol Wright Gifts. Most places sell a head mounted hi power magnifing system for about $5 or less sometimes. Some come with lights. I have some that have lights, mount like a hat on my head, have about 12X power. I use it to check out error coins but mostly to remove splinters in my hands. For some reason I get a lot of them. At a flea market I bought a magnifing glass that came with a stand and a light. It is about 6" in diameter with about 3X power but has a small area where the magnification is about 10X. I can just slip coin after coin under it and if something looks weird, I move it to the higher power area. I think this one costs about $7. Then at a local flea market I bought what looks like a jewlers glass with a strap for around the head. It is 14X and works fairly good but to much power for removing splinters. I am really old and my eyes are pretty well shot for close up stuff but I have probably more types of magnifications devices than cloths. Odd thing is I have about 25 cameras and never take pictures of coins.[/QUOTE]