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<p>[QUOTE="coin0709, post: 1980112, member: 37995"]Ok, I'm not sure why you automatically assume the worst. I am a small-time online dealer. My expertise is US and foreign coins and currency. Ancients are virtually a black box for me right now, but I am using your website routinely to help tentatively ID coins. Those that baffle me, I respectfully ask for guidance. The subject of this post is owned by a friend and he believes it to be authentic, but I told him if he wants me to sell it for him, we MUST have it authenticated to realize anywhere near what it could be worth. I do not see how 'presumed authentic' is humorous. I would consider ALL non-slabbed ancients offered on eBay as 'presumed authentic' without seeing them in person or coming from a uber-respectable dealer, and would of course bid accordingly. This is why I used that term to explain the realized prices I found on Worthpoint since none were slabbed and most were from eBay.</p><p>As to your point about me "obviously" not following the link you gave above. I did follow it. Thank you, but to see the realized prices I had to create some login and password which I was not willing to do. Perhaps I should if that site is top notch?</p><p>Lastly, Dougsmit thank you for your help over the past year or so, and I hope it can continue.</p><p> </p><p>Regards,</p><p>RMiller MS PhD</p><p>Charleston, SC[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="coin0709, post: 1980112, member: 37995"]Ok, I'm not sure why you automatically assume the worst. I am a small-time online dealer. My expertise is US and foreign coins and currency. Ancients are virtually a black box for me right now, but I am using your website routinely to help tentatively ID coins. Those that baffle me, I respectfully ask for guidance. The subject of this post is owned by a friend and he believes it to be authentic, but I told him if he wants me to sell it for him, we MUST have it authenticated to realize anywhere near what it could be worth. I do not see how 'presumed authentic' is humorous. I would consider ALL non-slabbed ancients offered on eBay as 'presumed authentic' without seeing them in person or coming from a uber-respectable dealer, and would of course bid accordingly. This is why I used that term to explain the realized prices I found on Worthpoint since none were slabbed and most were from eBay. As to your point about me "obviously" not following the link you gave above. I did follow it. Thank you, but to see the realized prices I had to create some login and password which I was not willing to do. Perhaps I should if that site is top notch? Lastly, Dougsmit thank you for your help over the past year or so, and I hope it can continue. Regards, RMiller MS PhD Charleston, SC[/QUOTE]
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