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<p>[QUOTE="kirispupis, post: 8187043, member: 118780"]Not sure if this helps since there are so many other spot-on responses but:</p><ul> <li>Obviously the coins aren't the same</li> <li>There's definitely a combination of language barrier and vague language. "même exemplaire" is vague, though if I were reading it, I would find it vague enough that I'd research further - though perhaps I wouldn't do that if very tired.</li> <li>As already stated, look for "cet examplaire." I just checked, and that seems to be the norm on CGB.</li> </ul><p>FWIW, in German I often see "z. vgl." which means "zum Vergleich" and is equivalent to "for comparison" That's clearly what the seller was doing here. For all we know, the seller put the listing up while tired too. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="kirispupis, post: 8187043, member: 118780"]Not sure if this helps since there are so many other spot-on responses but: [LIST] [*]Obviously the coins aren't the same [*]There's definitely a combination of language barrier and vague language. "même exemplaire" is vague, though if I were reading it, I would find it vague enough that I'd research further - though perhaps I wouldn't do that if very tired. [*]As already stated, look for "cet examplaire." I just checked, and that seems to be the norm on CGB. [/LIST] FWIW, in German I often see "z. vgl." which means "zum Vergleich" and is equivalent to "for comparison" That's clearly what the seller was doing here. For all we know, the seller put the listing up while tired too. :)[/QUOTE]
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