Do dealers’ eyes have a special, learned ability to look at small coins for a very long time?
Longacre
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Maybe I am getting old, but if I look at a lot of very small coins for a very long period of time, my eyes tend to get tired. We all know that a dealer’s livelihood depends on his ability to look at thousands upon thousands of coins at a large show.
This might be an odd question, but does anyone know if a dealer’s eyes just get used to looking at so many coins in one sitting, even if they are very small coins? Like a weightlifter, is it just easier for a dealer to look at coins for a long time without getting tired because he uses his eyes in such a manner every single day?
Also, not to take this thread to a new level of strangeness, would a dealer be at an advantage over a competitor dealer by getting LASIK surgery and “ordering up” his eyes to a level of 20/10 or 20/5 or something like that? Would it make sense for a dealer to include in his advertisements that his eyes are more precise because of the surgery than another dealer’s?
This might be an odd question, but does anyone know if a dealer’s eyes just get used to looking at so many coins in one sitting, even if they are very small coins? Like a weightlifter, is it just easier for a dealer to look at coins for a long time without getting tired because he uses his eyes in such a manner every single day?
Also, not to take this thread to a new level of strangeness, would a dealer be at an advantage over a competitor dealer by getting LASIK surgery and “ordering up” his eyes to a level of 20/10 or 20/5 or something like that? Would it make sense for a dealer to include in his advertisements that his eyes are more precise because of the surgery than another dealer’s?
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I've seen dealers with eye muscles so big their eyes bugged out.
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I believe there have been people in other professions get Lasik for an advantage, so why not coin dealers???
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<< <i>I imagine most dealers and collectors are near sighted which helps in examining close up objects. My wife got LASIK surgery and her eyes and she tried to convince me to do the same. I told her being near sighted was a valuable asset to a coin collector. >>
On my last yearly checkup my opthamologist suggested that long hours in front of a computer monitor may be a cause of or at least an aggravating factor for nearsightedness. Wouldn't that be something...
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<< <i>This is one area I feel I actually have some experience in, gazing for hours on end at tiny coins that is. When I used to use a cheap plastic triplex loupe my eyes would indeed fatique after a while. Since I've begun using a high quality loupe with zero distortion I haven't had a problem at all. All day long with the half dimes and I'm ready to read a fine print book.
Yeah, yeah, just wait 10 years you little whippersnapper.
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<< <i>This is one area I feel I actually have some experience in, gazing for hours on end at tiny coins that is. When I used to use a cheap plastic triplex loupe my eyes would indeed fatique after a while. Since I've begun using a high quality loupe with zero distortion I haven't had a problem at all. All day long with the half dimes and I'm ready to read a fine print book.
Yeah, yeah, just wait 10 years you little whippersnapper.
10 years, no sweat. I'm tellin' ya it's all about quality optics
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Yeah, yeah, just wait 10 years you little whippersnapper.
10 years, no sweat. I'm tellin' ya it's all about quality optics
So you say now, but the day will come when you have to throw away all of the baby coins and start looking at grownup ones. Why, even Barndog bought a new quarter the other day!
And yes, you are getting old, Longacre.
P.S. Please give me your address so I know where to send the bill for this consultation
<< <i>Lasik would be counter-productive as the nearsightedness is what allows the dealer to see the coins up close. If the nearsightedness is corrected, then he will need reading glasses and/or magnification.
And yes, you are getting old, Longacre.
P.S. Please give me your address so I know where to send the bill for this consultation
I was waiting for the board's only opthamologist to respond. Regarding the bill, please submit it to United Healthcare, but I will be happy to pay my $5 co-pay (by credit card, of course).
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<< <i>I was waiting for the board's only opthamologist to respond. Regarding the bill, please submit it to United Healthcare, but I will be happy to pay my $5 co-pay (by credit card, of course).
You can Paypal me your copay, which, by the way, will be $10 for misspelling ophthalmologist. I've never given you the discourtesy of misspelling tacks loyer, have I?
BTW, there is another ophthalmologist on the board. It's been a long time since I've seen him post and I forget his handle, but he's a Jeff Nickel guy.