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<p>[QUOTE="mrbrklyn, post: 1017032, member: 4381"]In addition to that...</p><p><br /></p><p>Every coin dealer is a practitioner and if this is how he choses to run his business, it is not an indictable offense, IMO. He may find that in his market that he can't get rid of Morgans at desired prices unless the coins have cartwheeling. That doesn't make the guy a bad dealer.</p><p><br /></p><p>As a new coin collector, I can also tell you have the skills needed to judge things like dipping and other grading issues takes a lot of time and effort. Don't be so quick to judge your own grading skills positively until you might have seen a few hundred, if not thousand examples.</p><p><br /></p><p>When I have set my heart of a coin type, I have spent a lot of time looking over coins, comparing different grades, getting feedback, photographing and making trial purchases before settling on an example I wanted...and I'm talking months or even years.</p><p><br /></p><p>It can take that long just to form a detailed image of the coin's design in your mind.</p><p><br /></p><p>You must have patience for this hobby.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ruben[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="mrbrklyn, post: 1017032, member: 4381"]In addition to that... Every coin dealer is a practitioner and if this is how he choses to run his business, it is not an indictable offense, IMO. He may find that in his market that he can't get rid of Morgans at desired prices unless the coins have cartwheeling. That doesn't make the guy a bad dealer. As a new coin collector, I can also tell you have the skills needed to judge things like dipping and other grading issues takes a lot of time and effort. Don't be so quick to judge your own grading skills positively until you might have seen a few hundred, if not thousand examples. When I have set my heart of a coin type, I have spent a lot of time looking over coins, comparing different grades, getting feedback, photographing and making trial purchases before settling on an example I wanted...and I'm talking months or even years. It can take that long just to form a detailed image of the coin's design in your mind. You must have patience for this hobby. Ruben[/QUOTE]
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