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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 3852527, member: 56859&quot;]Well, it&#039;s not a <b>formal</b> CoinTalk rule but it comes up on the ancients board with some regularity.&nbsp; Here is the rationale for the taboo:</p><p><br /></p><p>Another member (or member<b>s</b>) of this board may be bidding or planning to bid on the coin.&nbsp; Bringing greater attention to the coin may lead to more competition, causing your CoinTalk friend to either lose the coin or pay a much higher price than it would have otherwise brought.&nbsp; That&#039;s good for the consignor, of course, but this is really a collector&#039;s forum rather than a seller&#039;s forum.&nbsp; This is a very active board but there is an even greater number of &quot;guests&quot; (unregistered users) lurking at any moment.&nbsp; Right now, for instance, there are 47 members online and <i>516 guests</i>, plus a bunch of bots.&nbsp; Why bring a desirable coin to their attention when it means you might lose it to them?</p><p><br /></p><p>A similar situation which we may as well rehash here since the topic arose:</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s also not good to post a coin you&#039;re thinking about bidding on if it is an active auction listing.&nbsp; Another CoinTalk member may already be bidding or planning to bid, and if that member goes on to win the coin others might think he or she &quot;stole&quot; it from the member who was thinking about bidding.&nbsp; Perhaps this is a minor concern or perhaps most people wouldn&#039;t think that, but it could put a taint on the new owner&#039;s enjoyment of the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>If a CT member is considering buying a fixed price coin and posts it here for opinions, that&#039;s a different situation.&nbsp; Since those are available for all to see and buy at any point in time, the risk is almost entirely at the choosing of the person who elects to post the coin here.&nbsp; It&#039;s a &quot;you snooze, you lose&quot; scenario <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>You probably have experience on a larger number of coin forums, but the only other forum I sometimes browse most definitely does not allow discussion of coins at auction or for sale elsewhere and they are militant about enforcing the rule (Forum Ancient Coins).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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