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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 8535084, member: 24314&quot;]Before calling people <b><span style="color: #ff0000">stupid</span></b>, consider the entire picture.&nbsp; A large majority of folks buying coins on Ebay have no clue what they are doing.&nbsp; They are not numismatists, they don&#039;t join coin forums or read publications.&nbsp; They don&#039;t go to shows or have access to coin dealers either.&nbsp; They just like coins.&nbsp; If they won that C/F it would go into their collection and stay there - just as if it were genuine.&nbsp; Other pieces in their collection possibly have &quot;Copy&quot; stamped into their edge; yet they never looked! </p><p><br /></p><p>Many older collectors grew up at a time when there was a very limited number of fakes around.&nbsp; For example, if you were not building a high grade collection of Half cents where deceptive electrotypes existed, you would be perfectly safe buying virtually any Half cent you came upon. </p><p><br /></p><p>People like you are an exception when it comes to collecting coins so does that make you <b><span style="color: #ff0000">smart</span></b>?&nbsp; Well, I guess it does. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>EDIT:&nbsp; It appears that the three of us have expressed both sides.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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