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<p>[QUOTE="+VGO.DVCKS, post: 6225283, member: 110504"]...Thank you, [USER=89970]@Fugio1[/USER]! To flip this over for a minute, especially where medievals are concerned (especially on European ebay; more occasionally --owing to the sheer supply-- the American version), the seller's ignorance can be a major opportunity. Mentioned this somewhere not long ago, but over the last 15 -20 years, that's how I wound up with the spine of my French feudal collection.</p><p>Where buyer's remorse is concerned, the most consistent thing I've run into is probably coins that were more ruthlessly (if 'competently') cleaned than I could, or bothered to notice from the pics. Meaning, Way too shiny, whether or not in direct contrast to the level of wear. ...It's easy to be charitable in the cases where the coin was likely (or explicitly) from a recent detecting find, but sometimes it just goes over the top.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="+VGO.DVCKS, post: 6225283, member: 110504"]...Thank you, [USER=89970]@Fugio1[/USER]! To flip this over for a minute, especially where medievals are concerned (especially on European ebay; more occasionally --owing to the sheer supply-- the American version), the seller's ignorance can be a major opportunity. Mentioned this somewhere not long ago, but over the last 15 -20 years, that's how I wound up with the spine of my French feudal collection. Where buyer's remorse is concerned, the most consistent thing I've run into is probably coins that were more ruthlessly (if 'competently') cleaned than I could, or bothered to notice from the pics. Meaning, Way too shiny, whether or not in direct contrast to the level of wear. ...It's easy to be charitable in the cases where the coin was likely (or explicitly) from a recent detecting find, but sometimes it just goes over the top.[/QUOTE]
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