He's been looking at the coins with a magnifying glass he robbed from his science kit. Probably not the best for looking at coins, but it's working okay for now. I need to get one of these redbooks you speak of lol maybe on the next trip to the coin dealer.
I have actually been bouncing ideas about something like this off of the powers that be here at CT for a while now. I have the blessings of Peter and Doug. I would be willing to try to organize something. If you are willing to be a numismatic "big brother" shoot me a PM and I'll try to get it organized.