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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lawrence Chard, post: 2362232, member: 1653&quot;]The post was not advertising.</p><p>We have no financial interest in Bullion.Directory.</p><p>The &quot;promotional post&quot; which was removed was similar to the posting above, but I happened to mention that we had won a number of awards. </p><p>If you were <font size="5">Brie Larson and had just won an Oscar for Best Actress, you would probably not be censored or censured for mentioning it, although most people would know because the Oscars get more publicity than numismatics or bullion investing.</font></p><p><font size="5">I think &quot;Right dodgy nob he thinks he be&quot; is more than slightly insulting, probably in breach of forum rules on courtesy, and inaccurate.</font></p><p><font size="5">I happen to have been running our coin business Chard (1964) Limited, for more than 50 years, and if I say it myself, have a good reputation here in the UK, and Europe.</font></p><p><font size="5">I am aware, or believe, that CoinTalk forum members, are mainly from the USA or Canada, and many or most have probably never heard of us.</font></p><p><font size="5">Any mention we get on CoinTalk is unlikely to generate sales for us, as most of our business is UK based, with only about 10% of our business coming from outside the UK.</font></p><p><font size="5">I think I entitled to be proud not only of our business, but also the educational in informative parts of our websites, 20,000+ web pages. We know from meeting US numismatic journalists at events like the Berlin World Money Fair, that they often use our websites for information.</font></p><p><font size="5">That&#039;s all I have time to contribute at the moment, but I am happy to further the conversation later...</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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