I picked one up and was kind of disappointed. In hand I would expect to pay $20-$25. It is about 1 5/8 inches long and the eyepiece is 3/8 inch diameter. When using it to view a cent the date takes up the entire field.
I've got the one on the left, and I love it!! I purchased it virtually new off of E-Bay for $500 several years ago.
It is intended to be used as a GIA GemScope for Gemological transmitted light observation & study, but also serves as an excellent reflected light stereomicroscope for coin observation & study
Stuart
Collect 18th & 19th Century US Type Coins, Silver Dollars, $20 Gold Double Eagles and World Crowns & Talers with High Eye Appeal
"Luck is what happens when Preparation meets Opportunity"
I bought my scope a few years ago at Christmas, and the same seller on eBay is still offering the same model at the same price. It's a nice stereo zoom scope and sits right at $300 including shipping, and is a very fine scope to have and use.
The one pictured in jmcu12's posted link is identical to the one that I HAD. My pop purchased it through the mail order some 30 years ago. Mine, however, "Sprouted wings and flew the coop." DAMN KIDS! These scopes work GREAT. You can screw the bottom off and you can magnify the most minute things. Great for distinguishing doubled mint marks. Gotta get me one!
What is money, in reality, but dirty pieces of paper and metal upon which privilege is stamped?
One issue with the pocket microscopes is often there is very little light available dn thus the image is rather dark. I have never seen this one, but have used others in the past with less that satisfactory results.
I find amusing how they drop the Leica name " . . . was developed in Wetzlar (Germany), the home of world-famous Leica cameras; it's now being made by one of Asia's finest lens makers."
Developed in the same city as Leica . . . I guess it's quality by osmosis.
Lane
Numismatist Ordinaire See http://www.doubledimes.com for a free online reference for US twenty-cent pieces
Good news...I just placed my order for one of these. No more frustration peering into the piece of junk that I've been using. This one I'll have to hide. DAMN KIDS!
What is money, in reality, but dirty pieces of paper and metal upon which privilege is stamped?
"...absolute planarity, total chromatic correction, and fully anastigmatic."
Well, its about time somebody cornered the anastigmaticness market! Nothing I hate worse than antianastigmaticness!
Seriously, that looks cool. Not sure I'm ready to part with $60 for one. I got a little plastic folding mag glass that my son got with his ant farm that has 3 separate magnifications. Its perfect for coins. I traded him my big Sherlock Holmes type one for it. We're both happy.
This coin could very well be an MS67. That lousy picture, being a SCAN, will NEVER show the luster well enough to determine the grade.absolute planarity, total chromatic correction, and fully anastigmatic."
Yeah...Whatever he said.
What is money, in reality, but dirty pieces of paper and metal upon which privilege is stamped?
<< <i>The Episcope™ is the first choice of geologists, biologists, numismatists, philatelists, engineers, and just anybody who likes to see the infinite detail in his/her surroundings. >>
Philately? Isn't that illegal? I wouldn't be advertising that.
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Looks like it is about the size of a disposable lighter. Would expect viewing area to be comensurate with other loupes at the various magnifications.
Thanks for the link!
It is intended to be used as a GIA GemScope for Gemological transmitted light observation & study, but also serves as an excellent reflected light stereomicroscope for coin observation & study
Stuart
Collect 18th & 19th Century US Type Coins, Silver Dollars, $20 Gold Double Eagles and World Crowns & Talers with High Eye Appeal
"Luck is what happens when Preparation meets Opportunity"
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I find amusing how they drop the Leica name " . . . was developed in Wetzlar (Germany), the home of world-famous Leica cameras; it's now being made by one of Asia's finest lens makers."
Developed in the same city as Leica . . . I guess it's quality by osmosis.
Lane
See http://www.doubledimes.com for a free online reference for US twenty-cent pieces
Well, its about time somebody cornered the anastigmaticness market! Nothing I hate worse than antianastigmaticness!
Seriously, that looks cool. Not sure I'm ready to part with $60 for one. I got a little plastic folding mag glass that my son got with his ant farm that has 3 separate magnifications. Its perfect for coins. I traded him my big Sherlock Holmes type one for it. We're both happy.
Yeah...Whatever he said.
<< <i>The Episcope™ is the first choice of geologists, biologists, numismatists, philatelists, engineers, and just anybody who likes to see the infinite detail in his/her surroundings. >>
Philately? Isn't that illegal? I wouldn't be advertising that.