I had been given a small amount of coins to add to my collection from family, relatively new to collecting at the time I was astonished by what I had been given. A very rare 1913-S ""V"" nickel. I was so surprised and thought, ""I must be wrong"", so I decided to take it to a few shops to see if any of them could provide a clearer picture of the coin. As it was I had a 30x magnification loop, which by the way was far more powerful than most all of the shops & dealers I met with, the only shop to provide something which could come close to this was American Coin Express. I was at the Sunset Location and the guy there was really polite, honest and even seemed to genuinely want to help; suggesting I go to the Meadows Lane location because they had a 30x Microscope. Although it was the same Power or Magnification, the added luxury of having a stationary view port with a much more sensitive adjustment dial was far more beneficial than holding my loop in hand while closing one eye and moving both the loop and my face closer or further from the coin to provide a clearer image.
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