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<p>[QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 2457520, member: 27832"]You really should use <i>both</i> hands to hang firmly onto your saddle, lest you fall off that high, high horse.</p><p><br /></p><p>I'm glad that your parents never threw away your collectable comics or sports cards.</p><p><br /></p><p>I'm glad your kids never used your antique glass insulators for target practice.</p><p><br /></p><p>And I'm <i>certainly</i> glad that you've never, <i>ever</i> cherry-picked something desirable from a dealer's junk bin, or won an auction lot at a low price because none of the other bidders saw the valuable item you spotted, or bought a rare circulated coin without then immediately setting out to track down the last person who spent it.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Our hobby is built on</b> items that were once, and perhaps for most of their existence, traded at face value (unless you're exclusively a collector of modern made-for-collectors special issues). Yes, it's unethical to <i>try to convince</i> someone that their collection is only worth face value. If you tell them it's worth more, and they say they don't care, you've done your ethical duty; as a collector, your next duty is to see that the coins are preserved, rather than letting them be spent or melted.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have no reason to disbelieve your claim that you've never met someone willing to let good coins go for pennies on the dollar. Based on the things I've found in teller trays, CoinStar reject slots, and self-checkout machines, though, I have to say that your 25-year run has been a bit unusual.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 2457520, member: 27832"]You really should use [I]both[/I] hands to hang firmly onto your saddle, lest you fall off that high, high horse. I'm glad that your parents never threw away your collectable comics or sports cards. I'm glad your kids never used your antique glass insulators for target practice. And I'm [I]certainly[/I] glad that you've never, [I]ever[/I] cherry-picked something desirable from a dealer's junk bin, or won an auction lot at a low price because none of the other bidders saw the valuable item you spotted, or bought a rare circulated coin without then immediately setting out to track down the last person who spent it. [B]Our hobby is built on[/B] items that were once, and perhaps for most of their existence, traded at face value (unless you're exclusively a collector of modern made-for-collectors special issues). Yes, it's unethical to [I]try to convince[/I] someone that their collection is only worth face value. If you tell them it's worth more, and they say they don't care, you've done your ethical duty; as a collector, your next duty is to see that the coins are preserved, rather than letting them be spent or melted. I have no reason to disbelieve your claim that you've never met someone willing to let good coins go for pennies on the dollar. Based on the things I've found in teller trays, CoinStar reject slots, and self-checkout machines, though, I have to say that your 25-year run has been a bit unusual.[/QUOTE]
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