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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Cringely, post: 1093753, member: 22271&quot;]Normally, I wouldn&#039;t bid when the numbers get above twice the estimate. However, I wanted one of Dan&#039;s coins and was willing to pay a premium for the Provenance. The other advantage of going to the auction was the ability to actually see the coins. That allowed me to avoid at least two coins that looked much better in the catalog than under a good incandescent light. The 1852 shown in my original post looked OK in the catalog, but has much more eye appeal than many of the red &amp; brown coins that surrounded it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Next is Long Beach where I will be in the hunt for key date half cents. Does anybody have any copper dealers they might recommend (besides Doug Bird, Tom Reynolds, Shawn Yancy and Chris McCawley)?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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