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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 1969471, member: 112"]Not soley, just most of the time. And it is important to remember that exceptions do not disprove the rule.</p><p><br /></p><p>And there is a qualification that goes along with that. That being that anyone that knows coins well enough can browse for coins anywhere at any time without ever having a concern. This is because your knowledge will protect you and allow you to identify problem coins and hopefully at least some fakes.</p><p><br /></p><p>But, that's a pretty big statement. The fact of the matter is that the average collector does not know coins well enough to do this. And because of that they end up getting burned more often than not when browsing for coins at places like flea markets, yard sales, estate sales and the like.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also remember that even blind squirrels find acorns, just not very often.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 1969471, member: 112"]Not soley, just most of the time. And it is important to remember that exceptions do not disprove the rule. And there is a qualification that goes along with that. That being that anyone that knows coins well enough can browse for coins anywhere at any time without ever having a concern. This is because your knowledge will protect you and allow you to identify problem coins and hopefully at least some fakes. But, that's a pretty big statement. The fact of the matter is that the average collector does not know coins well enough to do this. And because of that they end up getting burned more often than not when browsing for coins at places like flea markets, yard sales, estate sales and the like. Also remember that even blind squirrels find acorns, just not very often.[/QUOTE]
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