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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 2059009, member: 19463"]I really have mixed feelings about this. The coin here in question is not a terribly deceptive fake and is listed in the easily accessible fake lists. People who knowingly sell such garbage as real are crooks. People who buy coins for $1000 or $100 (or $10?) need to assume a little responsibility for protecting themselves. One way of doing this would be to study up on coins before you start spending big money on them. Another way is to be careful who you buy from. We do not know if that coin left the show with the same person who brought it or if it went home with a victim of the seller and his own foolishness. Have I made similar mistakes. Yes (but not that big since I don't own a coin as expensive as that fake). Perhaps we should thank the seller for teaching us a lesson in safe coin buying??? I'll not go that far.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 2059009, member: 19463"]I really have mixed feelings about this. The coin here in question is not a terribly deceptive fake and is listed in the easily accessible fake lists. People who knowingly sell such garbage as real are crooks. People who buy coins for $1000 or $100 (or $10?) need to assume a little responsibility for protecting themselves. One way of doing this would be to study up on coins before you start spending big money on them. Another way is to be careful who you buy from. We do not know if that coin left the show with the same person who brought it or if it went home with a victim of the seller and his own foolishness. Have I made similar mistakes. Yes (but not that big since I don't own a coin as expensive as that fake). Perhaps we should thank the seller for teaching us a lesson in safe coin buying??? I'll not go that far.[/QUOTE]
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