Portable fluorescent light

OnlyBuffalos

Is there a portable, battery operated, fluorescent light that is practical to take to coin shows? How do you solve the lighting problem at coin shows?

boz

Check out any sporting good store. There are battery operated laterns with flourescent lights

sliderider

I got one at ACE hardware a while ago to hang in my closet. Cost about 10 bucks and uses D cell batteries.

nederveit

If this was in reference to this earlier string:

Happiness....

then I think the point was that fluorescent lighting makes the coins look better than if in other types of lighting conditions. There were a couple of ideas tossed around in that thread as well as far as solutions I believe.

nwcs

Fluorescent light would not be a good light for grading at all. You need an incandescent light or other point light instead of a diffused light.

K6AZ

You don't want to use fluorescent lighting to examine coins that you are buying and/or grading. Fluorescent lighting hides hairlines and other small marks. I carry a small flashlight with a halogen bulb when I go to shows. You want either incandescent or halogen lighting to examine coins.

OnlyBuffalos

Thanks for the suggestions.

kieferscoins

<< <i>You don't want to use fluorescent lighting to examine coins that you are buying and/or grading. Fluorescent lighting hides hairlines and other small marks. >>



Very true. Also remember if the dealer is using fluorescent lighting he might be trying to hide stuff also.

Cameron Kiefer

MSD61

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<< <i>You don't want to use fluorescent lighting to examine coins that you are buying and/or grading. Fluorescent lighting hides hairlines and other small marks. >>



Very true. Also remember if the dealer is using fluorescent lighting he might be trying to hide stuff also.

Cameron Kiefer >>



Man Cammy I learned that lesson the hard way. I bought once bought an DMPL 1879-S Morgan from a dealer who used fluoresent lighing in his cases and shop only to get it home under my halogen bulb to find hairline city. In the case that dollar looked great I kept it to remind me and as a learning process.

nwcs

I sometimes keep learning that lesson. I should always subtract 2 grades or more whenever looking at a coin in fluorescents.