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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jim M, post: 1454963, member: 4791&quot;]Certainly not meant to be lambasted. Thats the last thing that I want to do is discourage a collector. I have spent way to much time and effort helping to build the hobby over the last 30+ years.&nbsp; It just gets frustrating when an opinion is asked, an opinion by several reputable members here is given and its tossed to the wayside.&nbsp; I am in no way opposed to anyone asking an opinion.&nbsp; But, when you ask... Learn from the answers. I know that alot of the answers given here and other forums are wrong.. Learn to pick through the garbage answers and find the people who know what they are talking about.&nbsp; It certainly didnt take me long here to find out who knew what they were talking about and who is blowing smoke.&nbsp; &nbsp; WriterIN, let me ask you a question.. when you posted your finds, were you pretty sure what you had and just wanted to share and get verification? Or did you see &quot;something&quot; wrong and start screaming DD..</p><p><br /></p><p>There are some VERY knowledgeable people here.&nbsp; seek them out, to me it was very obvious.&nbsp; Then if you should decide to collect errors, get involved with Coneca, buy some books, READ, READ some More and then.. READ some more.&nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I sit at the table at the MSNS shows for Coneca.&nbsp; Here is just one example of what we (I) see.&nbsp;&nbsp; an elderly gentleman (70ish) comes to the table with a valuable error.&nbsp; Ask me to look at it..&nbsp; 1893S Morgan Dollar.&nbsp; Whats the error?&nbsp; Dollar only had 1 L in it not two, the portrait was all wrong, wrong fonts, gas bubbles on both the obv and rev. The Morgan that I know also has a reeded edge.&nbsp; This error was smooth edge.. just like the ADAMS Smooth edge dollars, its worth Millions, he has had it for 40 years&nbsp; etc...&nbsp; This had to be the worst piece of crap I seen at the show.&nbsp; Then I tell him that its fake.. I actually thought this guy was yanking my chain.&nbsp; OH MY GOODNESS.. what did I hear.. YOUNG MAN, (I am in my mid 50&#039;s) this coin is not fake I bought this coin back in the 60&#039;s, Your trying to RIP me off.&nbsp; The vendor who sold it to me assured me it was real and very valuable.&nbsp; I said, take it back. He told me a story, Ohhhhhhh, you bought it when you were on vacation in CHINA for $20.00. I am a bad guy, then most of the dealers at the show were trying to rip him off NOBODY made an offer.&nbsp;&nbsp; He wouldnt listen.. finally he just left.&nbsp; &nbsp; Did he learn anything?&nbsp; Nope.. he was right, he came to talk somebody into seeing things as he did hoping for a lottery pick.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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