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<p>[QUOTE="jgrinz, post: 3526076, member: 10129"]Case and Point - </p><p>A person recently bought a numismatically desirable coin. Really didn't know the dealer or the coin series but just KNEW it was a desirable coin to have and it got the best of him. A 1942/41 Mercury dime he paid over 800 dollars for came back a whizzed coin ( Cleaned ) coin - his 800 dollars just evaporated to $200-350 depending on the buyers willingness to pay for a cleaned coin. Do your research, know your dealer, if you do not have the time buy an already certified coin as I stated above.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="jgrinz, post: 3526076, member: 10129"]Case and Point - A person recently bought a numismatically desirable coin. Really didn't know the dealer or the coin series but just KNEW it was a desirable coin to have and it got the best of him. A 1942/41 Mercury dime he paid over 800 dollars for came back a whizzed coin ( Cleaned ) coin - his 800 dollars just evaporated to $200-350 depending on the buyers willingness to pay for a cleaned coin. Do your research, know your dealer, if you do not have the time buy an already certified coin as I stated above.[/QUOTE]
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