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I was wrong - 3X is better....contact info

LakesammmanLakesammman Posts: 17,381 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Got a education at the FUN show re: loupes. I espoused my ignorance in a earlier thread about loupes and was wrong. Bob at All American Coins sold me a Ziess 3,6,9X loupe and what a difference a quality loupe makes! "previewing" the coin is 3X is wonderful. Turns out I was grading with a "throw-away" loupe! If you need one, contact him. They are hard to find otherwise. Price $110
"My friends who see my collection sometimes ask what something costs. I tell them and they are in awe at my stupidity." (Baccaruda, 12/03).I find it hard to believe that he (Trump) rushed to some hotel to meet girls of loose morals, although ours are undoubtedly the best in the world. (Putin 1/17) Gone but not forgotten. IGWT, Speedy, Bear, BigE, HokieFore, John Burns, Russ, TahoeDale, Dahlonega, Astrorat, Stewart Blay, Oldhoopster, Broadstruck, Ricko, Big Moose.

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  • MrKelsoMrKelso Posts: 2,907 ✭✭✭
    Glad you found one that you are comfortable with, Ziess makes some nice optics.


    "The silver is mine and the gold is mine,' declares the LORD GOD Almighty."
  • leothelyonleothelyon Posts: 8,459 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Nope....not at $110.....I'll just stick with my old binoculars and keep using them from the other end. lol

    Quality does make a difference.

    Leo

    The more qualities observed in a coin, the more desirable that coin becomes!

    My Jefferson Nickel Collection

  • LakesammmanLakesammman Posts: 17,381 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Here is Bob Bruces email, if interested.

    aamericoin@aol.com
    "My friends who see my collection sometimes ask what something costs. I tell them and they are in awe at my stupidity." (Baccaruda, 12/03).I find it hard to believe that he (Trump) rushed to some hotel to meet girls of loose morals, although ours are undoubtedly the best in the world. (Putin 1/17) Gone but not forgotten. IGWT, Speedy, Bear, BigE, HokieFore, John Burns, Russ, TahoeDale, Dahlonega, Astrorat, Stewart Blay, Oldhoopster, Broadstruck, Ricko, Big Moose.
  • MrKelsoMrKelso Posts: 2,907 ✭✭✭
    Thanks Lakesamman but for me nothing under 30x will do for my sad eyes. It is a smaller aperture but i can see clearly with the power of the 30x lens.


    "The silver is mine and the gold is mine,' declares the LORD GOD Almighty."
  • LakesammmanLakesammman Posts: 17,381 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I sent a email to All American Coins but it was rejected as undeliverable. All I can find is that they are in Red Lion, PA. If anyone else knows their email address, it would be appreciated.
    "My friends who see my collection sometimes ask what something costs. I tell them and they are in awe at my stupidity." (Baccaruda, 12/03).I find it hard to believe that he (Trump) rushed to some hotel to meet girls of loose morals, although ours are undoubtedly the best in the world. (Putin 1/17) Gone but not forgotten. IGWT, Speedy, Bear, BigE, HokieFore, John Burns, Russ, TahoeDale, Dahlonega, Astrorat, Stewart Blay, Oldhoopster, Broadstruck, Ricko, Big Moose.
  • BearBear Posts: 18,953 ✭✭✭
    I use the telescope on Mount Palomar. It really brings UP the coin. You can even name some of the

    canyons and mountain ranges on the coin after people in your family.image
    There once was a place called
    Camelotimage
  • LakesammmanLakesammman Posts: 17,381 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Hey Bear:

    There was an article in a recent Longacres Ledger with images from a scanning electron microscope - it was wild! They were trying to figure out if a silvery area on a IHC was nickle or what. Turns out it was applied solder - looked like a plateau on the coin where it landed on the bronze.
    "My friends who see my collection sometimes ask what something costs. I tell them and they are in awe at my stupidity." (Baccaruda, 12/03).I find it hard to believe that he (Trump) rushed to some hotel to meet girls of loose morals, although ours are undoubtedly the best in the world. (Putin 1/17) Gone but not forgotten. IGWT, Speedy, Bear, BigE, HokieFore, John Burns, Russ, TahoeDale, Dahlonega, Astrorat, Stewart Blay, Oldhoopster, Broadstruck, Ricko, Big Moose.
  • PushkinPushkin Posts: 2,029 ✭✭✭


    << <i>You can even name some of the canyons and mountain ranges on the coin >>



    Yes, use enough magnification and light and you can find flaws on ANY coin. Its easy to turn a MS66 into a mangy dog at 60X. Does this just go to show that all our grading and associated pride in our high grade coins is just a function of a 3/4 " diameter eyeball? Maybe to owls and other creatures with exceptional eyesight our coins just look like canyons and mountains and mangy dogs?

    Then again, who cares what owls think?image

    I've had great luck with telescope eyepieces used as magnifying glasses for coins - plus you look a little weird - and I like weird.image
  • LakesammmanLakesammman Posts: 17,381 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Here is the contact number for the zeiss loupe (Bob Bruce) - 877-456-COIN. I tried the email but it got kicked back as undeliverable.
    "My friends who see my collection sometimes ask what something costs. I tell them and they are in awe at my stupidity." (Baccaruda, 12/03).I find it hard to believe that he (Trump) rushed to some hotel to meet girls of loose morals, although ours are undoubtedly the best in the world. (Putin 1/17) Gone but not forgotten. IGWT, Speedy, Bear, BigE, HokieFore, John Burns, Russ, TahoeDale, Dahlonega, Astrorat, Stewart Blay, Oldhoopster, Broadstruck, Ricko, Big Moose.

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