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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2331974, member: 19463&quot;]Whether we are talking about shows, vCoins, eBay or any other venues, the problem I see is the increasing emergence of amateur dealers who simply do not know enough to be in the business.&nbsp; Any venue gets its reputation from the experience of its buyers.&nbsp; People buying tables or posting listings of fakes, poor coins offered as valuable, mislabeled items or anything else indicating a beginner customer will be led astray will harm that venue and the hobby as a whole.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>We need new, young dealers with coin skills.&nbsp; My favorite dealers, the ones I trust, tend to be my age or older.&nbsp; Major houses hire younger people with promise who I expect to take over that end of the market but I fear the small, local &#039;show only&#039; dealers from whom I have bought so many of my coins are a dying breed.&nbsp;&nbsp; Will the Internet produce the next generation of trustworthy and capable coin professionals?&nbsp; What can we, here, do to insure the hobby continues?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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