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Digital Microscope Followup

Answers to a few of your questions... Several have inquired about the digital microscope journal that I posted last night. The link below is for one that is similar to the one that my wife purchased for me but not the exact same one. Unfortunately (or fortunately), I'm on vacation and do not have the saved bookmark on our laptop. I'll post my saved link early next week. This link is for a 2.0 mega pixel versus mine which is a 1.3. Both are 20-200x and look and priced similar. Believe it

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Digital Microscope

Easy Way to Photo Your Errors... Several weeks ago someone posted an article about a digital microscope that they planned on purchasing. After seeing the post, I added it to my Christmas Wish List and bookmarked a site where my wife could purchase one. On Christmas morning it arrived... This device has to be one of the easiest ways that I've ever seen at photographing double dies and other errors. It has around a 200x zoom and is very easy to set up and use. I've added a photo below of o

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Crack Out Results (Photo)!!!

George Made it Home... ...just wanted to add a photo of the Washington that came back as 67+*! The dark spot to the right of Washington's bust is actually a shiny spot on the coin. It looks much better than my photos (as usual)... Thanks for looking! To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.

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Crack Out Results!

Success finally... This is my first Journal entry so be kind in your replies (if any). My favorite journals have always been the ones where members tell of their successes (or failures) when cracking out coins and resubmitting to NGC. I've tried the "crossover" track several times with limited success but wanted to share my first experience with cracking out the coins. On a a couple of recent submittals, I cracked out four coins as follows: (1) 1964 Japan 100 Yen Olympics, NNC, MS67, (2)

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