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<p>[QUOTE="satootoko, post: 37414, member: 669"]NOS my friend - there are two very important lessons to be taken to heart from this thread.</p><p><br /></p><p>1. Even experts can differ regarding the legitimacy and value of a specific coin, and just as in this case, without actually seeing the coin they aren't willing to make an absolute declaration. (And by the way, IMHO Doug and Ian <i>are</i> both experts in this category of coinage.)</p><p><br /></p><p>2. Don't let your emotions get in the way of analysis. This applies to coins, stocks, bonds, mutual funds, builldings, automobiles, jewelry, or anything else of value. Whether I got a tremendous bargain, or was horribly shafted, is of absolutely no relevance to the question of "What do I have here?" When the real world tells me that a stock I thought was the next EBay was actually the next Enron, if I let my unhappiness with the result stop me from liquidating my position and saving what I can, I'm the one who will suffer.</p><p><br /></p><p>Keep digging for the truth, but keep an open mind, and <img src="http://64.91.226.227/images/emoticons/pray.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="satootoko, post: 37414, member: 669"]NOS my friend - there are two very important lessons to be taken to heart from this thread. 1. Even experts can differ regarding the legitimacy and value of a specific coin, and just as in this case, without actually seeing the coin they aren't willing to make an absolute declaration. (And by the way, IMHO Doug and Ian [i]are[/i] both experts in this category of coinage.) 2. Don't let your emotions get in the way of analysis. This applies to coins, stocks, bonds, mutual funds, builldings, automobiles, jewelry, or anything else of value. Whether I got a tremendous bargain, or was horribly shafted, is of absolutely no relevance to the question of "What do I have here?" When the real world tells me that a stock I thought was the next EBay was actually the next Enron, if I let my unhappiness with the result stop me from liquidating my position and saving what I can, I'm the one who will suffer. Keep digging for the truth, but keep an open mind, and [IMG]http://64.91.226.227/images/emoticons/pray.gif[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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