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<p>[QUOTE="Kasia, post: 1694128, member: 31533"]If you have a magnifying glass you want to have one that is of optical quality, meaning that it provides distortion free viewing and has good light gathering qualities. That is what is being implied with their phrase "optical quality". That being said, some are better than others, and a magnifying glass can be made to be of "optical quality" quite cheaply. It does not mean it's the best you can get. There seem to be no set standards that apply to it. But you should expect a magnifying glass that can be useful to magnify (probably 2-4 X, they don't state) an image, and is better than the cheap stuff that isn't even worth looking through.</p><p><br /></p><p>They say that their case and the magnifying glass is a 90 dollar value. Well, they are the one's valuing it, so they can name any price they want. From what I see in the ad, it is probably a 15.00 magnifying glass and a 20.00 box, but I'm not even saying it's actually worth that. It really doesn't matter if they do pay 90.00 for both and give that free. The cost of the coins is what is making them money. They are trying to hook people on getting the old silver ones and then either wanting to finish the collection or being someone who just won't speak up and say stop sending this junk.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Kasia, post: 1694128, member: 31533"]If you have a magnifying glass you want to have one that is of optical quality, meaning that it provides distortion free viewing and has good light gathering qualities. That is what is being implied with their phrase "optical quality". That being said, some are better than others, and a magnifying glass can be made to be of "optical quality" quite cheaply. It does not mean it's the best you can get. There seem to be no set standards that apply to it. But you should expect a magnifying glass that can be useful to magnify (probably 2-4 X, they don't state) an image, and is better than the cheap stuff that isn't even worth looking through. They say that their case and the magnifying glass is a 90 dollar value. Well, they are the one's valuing it, so they can name any price they want. From what I see in the ad, it is probably a 15.00 magnifying glass and a 20.00 box, but I'm not even saying it's actually worth that. It really doesn't matter if they do pay 90.00 for both and give that free. The cost of the coins is what is making them money. They are trying to hook people on getting the old silver ones and then either wanting to finish the collection or being someone who just won't speak up and say stop sending this junk.[/QUOTE]
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