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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 1853509, member: 42773&quot;]I don&#039;t have any issues with someone contacting me by PM about a possible purchase. </p><p><br /></p><p>Recently a US collector on this forum asked me to help him acquire a Tribute Penny. I found one for him and we vetted the piece as thoroughly as we could, checking for matches against known counterfeits at Forgerynetwork and FORVM. The coin had the proper dimensions, the legends were correct, the style was correct, and the fabric also looked authentic. I informed this collector that the dealer was eminently reputable, and that I had done business with him several times with no disappointment. In the end, he did acquire the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>If we had posted that discussion on the open forum, it&#039;s very likely that somebody would have found the coin and snatched it out from under him. Heck, the more I examined that piece, the more <b><u>I</u></b> wanted it. My only concern about posting possible acquisitions is that I <u>want</u> my friends on this forum to win the coins they are bidding on, and I believe showing your hand by posting live auctions simply undermines the possibility of winning the coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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