Coin collecting requires good optics and low magnification in order to fit the entire coin in the field of view. You can view a variety of coin collecting microscopes
here.




These images were all captured with the
SMZ-168 stereo microscope with 5x eyepieces. The
MC1000 microscope camera was mounted over the 5x eyepiece in order to have a lower magnification. This same result could also be obtained using the 10x eyepieces and a
0.5x auxiliary lens.