yeah, um, uh huh, You're a bit new here, regardless of how long you've been collecting. Eduard has a first class collection that he has been assembling for a number of years and has been gracious enough to share some of his beauties with us and never once has shown us a counterfeit. Some of your past postings indicate you may be a tad out of your depth here.
But I had not even heard of this "Isaiah" until a few days ago. I join in a library in the same state as him, HURRAY! That proves nothing [pesonal insult removed]. ~Lafayette
Thank you for understanding that there is a chance that we are not the same people- because WE ARE NOT!
Can I not state this clearly enough, I AM NOT "ISAIAH". I LIVE IN THE SAME STATE AS A FORMER USER. THAT IS 100% COINCIDENCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I cannot protest enough! I am being accused of being someone that I am not, and risking my account in the process, because of people's false ideas! ~Lafayette
Lafayette, Often people get off on the wrong foot in gatherings. Some on the forum ( I am not including myself) have earned the right by thousands of postings, where in their early ones, they also had to explain themselves more fully. Others, especially ones new to the forum ( and some have had commercial coin dealings for decades), have been challenged and have to explain things more fully. That is basically what people were asking ~ why do you have such an opinion? If you can explain , do so. If not, just say you were either kidding ( if you were), sticking your foot in your mouth, or explain why the surface characteristics were..................and your reason. Just a comment. You can learn a tremendous amount here, I have. Jim