Re: Stereo Microscope for Coin Collector?

On 31 Mar, 20:21, Kevin Cunningham <sms...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Mar 31, 1:46 pm, da...@xxxxxxxxx (Dave Martindale) wrote:

Kevin Cunningham <sms...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
Would there be to many problems in going across the border to
Seattle? There are some good dealers there.

Seattle *is* possible, though the round trip is about 6 hours so I need
to take a day off work *and* know where I'm going in Seattle. Are there
some dealers there you'd recommend?

The border does mean I'll have to pay double taxes - once to Washington
and again at the border, but that's not a big deal. Border delays
aren't usually too bad during the week. The main disincentive is just
the driving time.

Dave

There's always Bartels and Stout (www.bartelsandstout.com/). They've
been around for about a thousand years but they actually do a good
job. I'd e-mail them and give them a laundry list of what you want,
see if they have it and go from there. Ask them if there is any one
they know who runs a good business, as isolated as they are they
probably know who has what in the area.

Thanks,

Kevin Cunningham
SMS

I don't know whether you have tried a solution which does not use a
microscope?
If you put your coin on a flatbed scanner and select a small area just
encompassing the coin - then scan just this area at high resolution,
you will get a good image of the coin which can be hugely enlarged.
Not in 3D, granted, but might suit your purpose, especially since you
can keep the picture as a .jpg file.
I've done this with stamps, and insects - the results can be superb,
and look! No microscope!
bests, hj
.

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