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<p>[QUOTE="satootoko, post: 70233, member: 669"]Unless I'm away from the internet as I was for much of last month, I look at every Japanese coin offered on EBay, and I hate to tell you Nick, but there are more than "occasional" landmines. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie4" alt=":mad:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>I haven't been "taken" since my own feedback was in the single digits, but I've been sorely tempted to gamble more than once. A couple of times it was only by very careful reading of lots of feedback that I avoided being caught. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>You are 200% correct on the homework comment. And, at least in the area of modern Japanese coins, consulting Krause is <i><b>not</b></i> enough. I'm sure the same thing applies in other specialties, where knowledge of the literature - in other words reading the book(s) - can make all the difference in the world.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="satootoko, post: 70233, member: 669"]Unless I'm away from the internet as I was for much of last month, I look at every Japanese coin offered on EBay, and I hate to tell you Nick, but there are more than "occasional" landmines. :mad: I haven't been "taken" since my own feedback was in the single digits, but I've been sorely tempted to gamble more than once. A couple of times it was only by very careful reading of lots of feedback that I avoided being caught. :eek: You are 200% correct on the homework comment. And, at least in the area of modern Japanese coins, consulting Krause is [i][b]not[/b][/i][b][/b] enough. I'm sure the same thing applies in other specialties, where knowledge of the literature - in other words reading the book(s) - can make all the difference in the world.[/QUOTE]
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