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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1868269, member: 19463&quot;]There is the theory that such things were made by guys like me.&nbsp; I have extremely sharp vision but require glasses to be able to see sharply beyond about 8 inches from my face.&nbsp; When I examine coins, I can just look over the top of my glasses.&nbsp; As we age, my eye doctor says it is common for the glasses prescription to weaken and I do believe that I was able to see most sharply a lot closer years ago not to mention that young eye can accommodate to focus on close things.&nbsp; I never used a magnifying glass when I was a young collector since my unassisted eyes could focus on things 2-3 inches away.&nbsp; You 20/20 types will someday be buying reading glasses because you arms are too short to hold books out where you can see them.&nbsp;&nbsp; I have also heard this theory discredited but the fact remains that, had I been born in the 5th century BC, I would not have made much of a soldier or a scout for the army but I could have learned to do very close work better than those war heroes as long as I did not trip over things getting to the workplace.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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