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<p>[QUOTE="Pickin and Grinin, post: 3018008, member: 73995"]There are many Shady Pawn shops around, and just a reminder, most of these shops have employees that only know how to look on ebay, for sold listings. I have seen quite a few shops in the city that will try and pawn off their mistake, to any willing buyer.</p><p>It reminds me of a 1918 standing liberty quarter, I saw in a type set the other day. It caught my eye because it was in brilliant uncirculated condition. Took a look, and it was a 8/7, my jaw dropped. It was convincing, even the clash was there. I started looking through the set and found 4 other fakes, asked him the price and he said 300$. I took some photos of the MM and date, and walked out.</p><p>I told him he had some fake coins in that set, he shrugged his shoulders and walked away.</p><p>I know of about 5 pawn shops that knowingly sell counterfeits on a regular basis.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Pickin and Grinin, post: 3018008, member: 73995"]There are many Shady Pawn shops around, and just a reminder, most of these shops have employees that only know how to look on ebay, for sold listings. I have seen quite a few shops in the city that will try and pawn off their mistake, to any willing buyer. It reminds me of a 1918 standing liberty quarter, I saw in a type set the other day. It caught my eye because it was in brilliant uncirculated condition. Took a look, and it was a 8/7, my jaw dropped. It was convincing, even the clash was there. I started looking through the set and found 4 other fakes, asked him the price and he said 300$. I took some photos of the MM and date, and walked out. I told him he had some fake coins in that set, he shrugged his shoulders and walked away. I know of about 5 pawn shops that knowingly sell counterfeits on a regular basis.[/QUOTE]
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