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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;6StepStucky, post: 490735, member: 16664&quot;]<span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">There&#039;s two ways one can look at this.&nbsp; Yes their prices are not realistic.&nbsp; They&#039;re looking for people with little to no knowledge about coins.&nbsp; Someone like your Grandmother who doesn&#039;t know what to get you but remembered you liked sitting at the kitchen table with gramps.&nbsp; On the other hand they are promoting coin collecting.&nbsp; And if this program can raise interest in the coin collecting community it is up to the buyer to know what they are doing.&nbsp; I remember many years back I thought I bought a great coin at a great price.&nbsp; It was a 1916 Standing Liberty Quarter.&nbsp; I took it to my local coin dealer/friend and he said, sorry to tell you this but the coin has been professionally cleaned.&nbsp; Was I in the down and outs...he then said don&#039;t look so sad, it cost me $30,000.00 for my daughters education.&nbsp; Your $500.00 lesson is not going to break the bank and is one lesson you will always remember.&nbsp; To this day some 30 years later I have not forgotten his words.&nbsp; If someone buys coins at an outlandish price it is a lesson they will never forget.&nbsp; Hopefully they will continue to buy and support the coin collecting community.&nbsp; As with anything: Buyer be Ware!&nbsp; One more note.&nbsp; You&#039;ll find this same kind of action within your online auction sites.&nbsp; People telling you it&#039;s worth $28,000.00 and I only want your best offer.</font></span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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