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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;MerlinAurelius, post: 2691720, member: 84384&quot;]Excerpt of HJB interview with Coinweek.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>CW</b>: <i>You are known amongst collectors of ancient coins as being an extremely knowledgeable and honest dealer - but of also driving the hard bargain. Is it part of your nature to not get beat on a deal, or are you always willing to sell a coin for the right price</i>?</p><p><br /></p><p><b>HJB</b>: Things always slip through the cracks. This is only my 52nd year in business. But there are people out there that know more about Roman coins than I do...</p><p><br /></p><p>Funny story - not about Ancient coins, but about letting something slip through. When I got started, a doctor friend of mine would buy U.S. coins from me. I called him when I got a 1955 doubled die cent. “I got one, already,” he said, “you sold it to me!” “I did?” I asked, somewhat surprised. “Yeah, you sold me a leftover collection and there was one in there.”</p><p><br /></p><p>So, it happens.</p><p><br /></p><p>The truth is, there are a lot of people who know more than I do. The truly dedicated specialized collector should always have the edge over the dealer.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>CW</b>: <i>In that light, there really isn’t anything resembling complete knowledge on where these coins come from, is there</i>?</p><p><br /></p><p><b>HJB</b>: One of the dumbest statements I ever made... I was talking to <b>Martin Price</b> of the <b>British Museum</b> and I said to him, “I guess we know everything there is to know about Greek coins.” And there’s constantly new things being written. New books. <b>Cathy Lorber</b> is publishing a book on Egyptian coins under the Ptolemaic kings. The question for ancient coins is is it listed or not listed? So many coins were minted and for some issues so few survive. So there are rare varieties and we are always finding new varieties.</p><p><br /></p><p>And sometimes even the experts get it wrong.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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