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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;physics-fan3.14, post: 4926314, member: 19165&quot;]Well, I&#039;m happy to hear you have my book. When you get the coin in hand, I hope you can identify the issues that we&#039;re talking about here. It is much easier when examining the coin in hand, under your familiar light set-up.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The next step in your education is to be able to identify them in the pictures before you buy the coin - and that&#039;s hard. I don&#039;t really cover that in my book. That will come with experience, and this particular coin seems to be a great learning opportunity. Once you get it in hand, you&#039;ll be able to compare what you&#039;re seeing to what the pictures show. </p><p><br /></p><p>The statement you quoted assumes that you recognize the problem when you&#039;re buying the coin. That&#039;s not always true, as your case shows. If you didn&#039;t realize the coin had problems, you will value the coin differently. </p><p><br /></p><p>Don&#039;t feel bad - use this as a learning opportunity. </p><p><br /></p><p>Closely examine the coin before you return it. Look at the problem areas - and compare them to the pictures the seller shows. See how that problem presents itself in the photos, and learn how it looks in a different light. If you can return it with no penalty, then you just learned a valuable lesson for free. If it costs you something, consider it the price of numismatic tuition.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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