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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Owle, post: 1226342, member: 22004&quot;]An elderly coin dealer and former coin shop owner has an ad in the current CDN, a Mr. Sol Lewanda on the second to last page. He lists some Morgan dollars in mint state and some gold coins that are &quot;Civil War Era&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Honestly graded&quot; the ad says.</p><p><br /></p><p>I called him up and said why are you calling the coins &quot;Civil War Era&quot; if they are from way before the Civil War? He said because they were coins that would circulate during the 1861-5 years. Hmmmm.</p><p><br /></p><p>Then I asked him by what standard he had proferred such lofty grades to these coins, and what regulatory organizations he was a member of. His answer: He is a strict grader and the modern TPG&#039;s are pikers in comparison; he is a member of none of them and can give no references, just his word as to return privileges.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you call him up take note that he is a bit hard of hearing so please speak up.</p><p><br /></p><p>Caveat emptor X 100.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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