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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Kasia, post: 1383941, member: 31533&quot;]The higher loupes don&#039;t work for grading, because they give too much detail and imperfections that will interfere with giving a proper grade. Strange but true. Many people use either a 5 or 10 for grading. Also the field of vision diminishes when the power goes up, so you can&#039;t see as much area. For grading you want to be able to see the entire coin. </p><p><br /></p><p>As far as a digital scale, I bought one, but returned it because when I went to weigh the coins, it&#039;s variations of weight were not accurate enough. I now won&#039;t use one because I would want one accurate to .001 - if you get .01, that may not be enough. Many scales are not accurate. In other words a dime might weigh in at 3.5 or 3.4, or 3.1 and all be the same dime. To me that&#039;s not accurate to .01, it&#039;s accurate to .3. And the more accurate ones are ultra expensive. So if I have to discern only by weight, I would have to find one that someone would let me use that was more accurate.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, be careful of the loupes/magnifiers that are cheap. They are really not as good. Invest in a good optics, like Bausch and Lomb.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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