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<p>[QUOTE="xtrmbrdr, post: 529906, member: 17193"]<span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">You guys are confirming what I had hoped not to be true, but assumed. When I went back and looked at the pictures, although not that great of pictures and not everything was posted, I didn't see any coins that jumped out at me. The Mercs and Buffalo nickels looked well worn as did the Lincoln cents, there was also some silver but it looked to be on the lower end of the grade scale too. I can't imagine a collection of that size didn't have some half way decent coins, so it may have been cherry picked.</font></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">Oh, and with my untrained eyes I probably couldn't spot a counterfeit coin unless it had a bright blinking sign and red clown nose on it. I still may go just for the experience and to see what this stuff goes for. Thanks for the info!</font></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Verdana">Fred</font></span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="xtrmbrdr, post: 529906, member: 17193"][COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]You guys are confirming what I had hoped not to be true, but assumed. When I went back and looked at the pictures, although not that great of pictures and not everything was posted, I didn't see any coins that jumped out at me. The Mercs and Buffalo nickels looked well worn as did the Lincoln cents, there was also some silver but it looked to be on the lower end of the grade scale too. I can't imagine a collection of that size didn't have some half way decent coins, so it may have been cherry picked.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]Oh, and with my untrained eyes I probably couldn't spot a counterfeit coin unless it had a bright blinking sign and red clown nose on it. I still may go just for the experience and to see what this stuff goes for. Thanks for the info![/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]Fred[/FONT][/COLOR][/QUOTE]
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