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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Hobo, post: 1380265, member: 11521&quot;]What do you intend to use it for? Grading? Variety attribution? </p><p><br /></p><p>For grading I would recommend no more than 5X to 7X. Too much magnification makes minor imperfections look much worse than they really are. In fact, 3X is a good magnification for grading larger coins because it allows you to see more of the coin. (You don&#039;t want to fall into the trap of not being able to see the forest for the trees.)</p><p><br /></p><p>For variety attribution I would recommend 10X. (I have a 20X that I use when the thing I am looking at is very, very tiny.) </p><p><br /></p><p>Rather than looking for a magnifying glass I would recommend that you look for a loupe, preferably a Hastings triplet.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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