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It's not the folks who know nothing, but the ones who supposedly are experts that sometimes ruffle my feathers.

I'm at a coin show, asking to look at this dealer's Indian $2.5s. "Which ones would you like to see ?" he asks (he's got maybe 15).

"All of 'em" I say.

He smiles and digs 'em out. I'm genuinely interested in a few of them.

I get to his only 1911-D, a PCGS MS61. But it's AU55 in my world. What's more, the "D" mintmark is absolutely invisible, even under a 16x loupe.

We both knew this is THE key coin of the series and many have very weak mint marks. They are slabbed "Weak D" and sold at major discounts.

So I mention "I can't see the mintmark".

He looks it over and says "Sure you can".

We went back and forth twice more.

Deep inside, that irritated me just a bit. I don't like being told what I can and cannot see.

I made a little small talk about the weather and the Houston Astros, then ambled off. No harsh words. But it left a little bad taste in my mouth.

No big deal.

 

Any coin dealer who is an " expert " on everything exspecially grading gets my goat , they'll laugh at the grades PCGS or NGC gives saying no way is that a 65 when showing one of my coins , or that isn't a full head , but when looking at their coins they are graded at least 2 pts. higher than what they are or should be , also adds in coin mags buying coins where they say they'll give you $350 for your AU $3 Gold piece , gets my goat .
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Kennedy halves

The disbelief and somtimes distrust in peoples eyes when you tell them their coin or coins are worth only face.

A friend of my wifes sent home some coins her mother left her when Mom passed. They were common date circulated clad Kennedys.

She insisted they must have some value. Trying to cushion the blow I said yeah, 50¢ each moneywise, priceless on the sentimental scale. Hold onto them I advised, you'll never be able to replace them.

 

this one...
"Hey do you have some needle nose I could borrow to crunch down these staples for the drive home?"

"Why would you want to do that?"

"So the staples wont scratch one of the 500 dollars worth of coins I bought from you..."

"don't worry about it. Ill wrap them all tight together in this little envelope"

"I would appreciate some pliers just in case"

long story short.. I went to the dealer I hate again this weekend spent tons of money, was treated like ****, and didnt get anything I requested.. THEN I went to Ray, MY dealer, got magazines, newspapers, no GST and 40 dollars off my total purchase.. and an offer to take over his shop with his help for the first 2 years......
being a Y.N. Sucks

ALSO.. pics coming soon I hope My fav. is a 1806 Half cent Large 6