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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3666876, member: 19463&quot;]I am glad everything seems to be working out but there is one thing gnawing at my gut that will make me question further dealings here.&nbsp; Someone explain to me a reasonable explanation.&nbsp; The sale had many, many unsold lots.&nbsp; Unsold lots of decent coins generally means the start/reserve price of the item was too high.&nbsp; The Caesar in question had a start at $100 which is low for this popular type and resulted in the hammer price being three times the start.&nbsp; Looking at the coin except for the tooling I see a coin cheap at the hammer and ridiculously low at the start.&nbsp; Why was this lot started so low?&nbsp; The obvious answer is that someone knew it had a problem but that problem - the tooling - was not described.&nbsp; I did not see the start prices listed on the unsold lots so I do not know, I only assume, they did not sale for too high starts.&nbsp; A dealer who did not recognize the tooling would have started the coin higher.&nbsp; The combination of the low start and the undisclosed tooling brings to question if almurrai has the answer.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>We all make mistakes.&nbsp; When I see a imitation silk purse offered for a sow&#039;s ear price, I fear deceit rather than ignorance.&nbsp; I have no problem with ignorance and participate in it heavily myself.&nbsp; I&#039;ll offer my old favorite quote: &quot;Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me.&quot;&nbsp; Through life, we all make thousands of mistakes but the only ones that really hurt are the ones we insist on making over and over again.&nbsp; Set me straight.&nbsp; What am I missing here that would make me believe the seller did not know about the tooling?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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