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<p>[QUOTE="LakeEffect, post: 3219921, member: 43201"]I've been trying to improve my grading and counterfeit detecting ability and came across this auction on eBay.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.ebay.com/sch/thedockter/m.html?item=292784900461&hash=item442b57096d%3Ag%3A37EAAOSwHt1bvXmm%3Ark%3A2%3Apf%3A0&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2562" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ebay.com/sch/thedockter/m.html?item=292784900461&hash=item442b57096d%3Ag%3A37EAAOSwHt1bvXmm%3Ark%3A2%3Apf%3A0&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2562" rel="nofollow">https://www.ebay.com/sch/thedockter/m.html?item=292784900461&hash=item442b57096d:g:37EAAOSwHt1bvXmm:rk:2:pf:0&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2562</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I'm not saying these are counterfeits, nor am I impugning the seller. But several coins looked fishy to me - maybe they're not.</p><p><br /></p><p>Lastly, the premise of the sale is very odd. A safe is discovered in a dumpy pottery shop in rural West Virginia that contains dozens of amazing coins. Everything from 18th century copper to gold to slabbed 2006 ASE's. The 200-year-old shop is constructed of cinder blocks (in 1818?) and the photo of the safe shows only a bag of well-circulated Washington quarters. Thoughts?[ATTACH=full]838069[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]838070[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="LakeEffect, post: 3219921, member: 43201"]I've been trying to improve my grading and counterfeit detecting ability and came across this auction on eBay. [url]https://www.ebay.com/sch/thedockter/m.html?item=292784900461&hash=item442b57096d%3Ag%3A37EAAOSwHt1bvXmm%3Ark%3A2%3Apf%3A0&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2562[/url] I'm not saying these are counterfeits, nor am I impugning the seller. But several coins looked fishy to me - maybe they're not. Lastly, the premise of the sale is very odd. A safe is discovered in a dumpy pottery shop in rural West Virginia that contains dozens of amazing coins. Everything from 18th century copper to gold to slabbed 2006 ASE's. The 200-year-old shop is constructed of cinder blocks (in 1818?) and the photo of the safe shows only a bag of well-circulated Washington quarters. Thoughts?[ATTACH=full]838069[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]838070[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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