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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pilkenton, post: 1668865, member: 23961&quot;]I have a trade dollar from my mom.&nbsp; I never really looked at it, but seeing that my mom had it for years, I assumed it was real.&nbsp; The other day I decided to sell it.&nbsp; I put a magnet to it and it didn&#039;t stick.&nbsp; The coin has always been in a flip.&nbsp; On the way to the coin shop, I started looking at the dollar.&nbsp; I started having my doubts.&nbsp; It was in too good of shape.&nbsp; I turned it over.&nbsp; CC.&nbsp; Yep.&nbsp; It&#039;s a fake.&nbsp; I took it to the shop anyway.&nbsp; Before I showed him the coin, I gave him my reason&#039;s why I thought it was fake.&nbsp; He said I was probably right, but you never know.&nbsp; He took the coin, reached into the flip with his fingers, put it in the palm of his hand, looked at it with a loupe, and agreed it was a fake.&nbsp; I asked him how you can tell the difference between a real trade dollar and a fake one.&nbsp; All he said was that he just knew.&nbsp; He wouldn&#039;t go into details.&nbsp; He just knew.&nbsp; He then held the coin up and said legally he could confiscate the coin, call the cops, and have me arrested for trying to sell him counterfeit money.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ll be 55 years old in May.&nbsp; I&#039;ve dealt with this guy for years, spending thousands of dollars.&nbsp; I blew up and let him have it.&nbsp; Both barrels.&nbsp; I&#039;m not a child.&nbsp; I came here trying to learn something from him, and he threatens to have me arrested for no reason.&nbsp; He got all flustered and turned red.&nbsp; Then he tossed the coin onto the counter without the flip and marched off into the back room.&nbsp; One of the regulars there looked at me and shrugged.&nbsp; &quot;He&#039;s having a bad day&quot;, the regular said.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have never been in a hobby where the experts have a holier than though attitude for people that know less than them.&nbsp; He&#039;s not the only coin dealer that acts like this.&nbsp; Puts a bad stain on the hobby.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also...if it had been a real CC trade dollar in that good of shape, he would have ruined it with his greasy fingers.&nbsp; Who&#039;s to say it was real? He wouldn&#039;t tell me why it was fake.&nbsp; It could have been real and he confiscates it because he knew he could.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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