what light bulb to use for coin table lights ?

greatnortherncoin · June 5, 2011 1:18PM

when using lights at coin shows what kind of buld is best to use ?

Bochiman · June 5, 2011 1:30PM

To best display the coins and how they look, or to best hide the flaws and sell the coins?

(I always seem to find the latter type of dealers when I am buying raw

.....I sometimes ask to take the coins out to the sunlight and some of them let me)

llafoe · June 5, 2011 1:32PM

Blacklights, Pink Floyd Music, Glowing Felt Posters and some hand-rolled cigarettes!

greatnortherncoin · June 5, 2011 1:32PM

how they look

DaveG · June 5, 2011 1:33PM

Most dealers use plain old incandescents.

greatnortherncoin · June 5, 2011 1:36PM

blacklights ? you must be a hotel lowball buyer

Bochiman · June 5, 2011 1:44PM

<< blacklights ? you must be a hotel lowball buyer >>

Nah, Larry's the hotel lowball seller

nencoin · June 6, 2011 4:38AM

<< when using lights at coin shows what kind of buld is best to use ? >>

100 watt incandescent bulbs are the preferred norm. Some dealers bring their own halogens.

messydesk · June 6, 2011 5:26AM

<< To best display the coins and how they look, or to best hide the flaws and sell the coins?

>>

I don't think there's a single light for every motive. The best kind of bulb to use is a bright one. The farther away from the coins and the viewer the bulb will be, and the more coins it is lighting, the brighter it needs to be.

edix2001 · June 6, 2011 5:40AM

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<< when using lights at coin shows what kind of buld is best to use ? >>

100 watt incandescent bulbs are the preferred norm. Some dealers bring their own halogens. >>

Get the 100 watt bulbs while they are still available. They will be phased out by the end of this year. Our club bought a boatload to keep our annual coin show in lights for the rest of the decade.

LindeDad · June 6, 2011 6:41AM

Most fixtures have a MAX wattage listed on them.

oreville · June 6, 2011 7:17AM

The new LED bulbs using 6 watts of energy now gives off enough lumens to equal a 60 watt light bulb.

I tried one and the color spectrum is now IDENTICAL to the old incandescents.

I was amazed!

I understand they are working on getting them up to 100 watts lumens equivalency using only 10 watts of electricity. The best part is that they give off very little heat and have that same yellowish light we are used to with the old bulbs. In addition, they are DIMMABLE.

The downside; the wholesale cost is still $18 with a retail price of $24. They have the same shape as a regular old fashioned light bulb but noticeably heavier.

By the way, I liked using 75 watt bulbs rather than 100 watt bulbs in looking over coins.

Frankcoins · June 6, 2011 7:39AM

We use the GE 13 Watt daylight compact fluorescent. Much nicer to the customers than those hot incandescents near their faces.

keyman64 · June 6, 2011 9:05AM

I too use the compact fluorescents! When working with the lights for hours, repositioning them, forgetting they are on etc...they operate under much cooler temps and I like that very much! Keeping normal bulbs close to plastic slabs will EASILY MELT them!

AuroraBorealis · June 6, 2011 9:35AM

I like for viewing GE 100 Watt Reveal...

AB

DRUNNER · June 6, 2011 9:54AM

Aurora had it . .and beat me to it by a bit . . .the Reveal bulb seems to make coins look 'natural'.

Drunner

what light bulb to use for coin table lights ?

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