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Message:: [QUOTE="HandsomeToad, post: 413084, member: 12965"]I did the same thing. I ran across it in Breen's Encyclopedia and carefully compared the two and emailed the seller and told him it was a copy. I also told him to examine the pic of the one in the Redbook (bought one today) to see the differences himself. There's an old saying - Can't see the trees for the forest! - which may come into play and it's also known as Tunnel Vision. You "acquire" something like that and soooo want it to be the real deal, that you overlook the obvious thing - it's a counterfeit. That same concept is used by sellers when they use the Power of Suggestion to get a buyer to see something that isn't there, for example - "While it's hard to make out the date, the last digit is a 9 and the only one that can be, is a 1799." (see 1799 DBC auction earlier in this post) or how about the no date large cent auction earlier, where he "thinks" one is a Flowing Hair Cent and another is a Capped Bust Cent, when, more than likely, they were all no-date Draped Bust Cents and worth a couple of dollars each but someone paid a nice amount for them HOPING to finally own a Flowing Hair Cent and/or Capped Bust Cent. Ribbit <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]