I dare say this company has been featured before but I couldn't find a post. I have just read a book about a particular shipwreck and the coins recovered and wanted to find an example. A google search led me to this outfit where they had an example at a really great price. I considered buying it but when they advertised free shipping to the UK for an obviously underpriced coin I realised it was a scam. On searching deeper, it looks as if this outfit uses fake advertisements and other sites images to steal data. It took me about two minutes to realise that if it is too good to be true it usually isn't but I thought I would make a post to alert others who may be taken in. They feature prominently on Google, and have a great website, but from my research the address has been hijacked from a bona fide coin dealer. This is the coin I was looking at. Ex-Lutine with original 1938 box and COA delivered to the UK by Fedex for $200! If you were really stupid, they also list the identical coin for $255 if you wanted to be conned more enthusiastically!
My buying habits have really changed over the years. I have to see the coin in person before paying anything or the dealer has to be someone I know really well and trust. Trust is the main thing. My favorite dealer of all times made it easy for me. I never ask for this but he would send me a coin I ask about on an open invoice. He showed his trust in me first. I could send him a check or return the coin. I never had to return a coin. A few years back I sent all the coins I had bought from this dealer (50 to 60 coins) to CAC for the bean. Over 80 something % received the green or gold.
