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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;AncientJoe, post: 1901638, member: 44357&quot;]I also hate owning coins which I know have been doctored. Yes, I appreciate that most ancients have been cleaned at one point in their life, but seeing substantial differences between the most recent sales of a coin causes me to walk away.</p><p><br /></p><p>At the CICF show yesterday, a very large US dealer was offering me a coin he just purchased in a sale a month ago. I was considering bidding on it myself but decided to go after a different example, coming up shortly after. He told me that he took the coin, dropped it in ammonia for 30 seconds, and now has &quot;added a lot of value&quot;. He paid $25K and, with a straight face, was trying to sell it to me for $70K. The $25K price was already strong: it sold one year earlier for $15K and one year before that for $8K.</p><p><br /></p><p>This behavior is toxic to the hobby.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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