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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 1179971, member: 26302&quot;]One thing you can do is go to the local sheriff or police and volunteer to participate in a sting. I did as a kid. These people hold themselves out as experts, so it is not legal for them to lie as to coin values.</p><p><br /></p><p>What I did was went with a bunch of old silver dollars, one of which was a 94s. I was told to get them to tell me that what their offer was is all they were worth. I went in and they gave me an offer after looking at them. They offered $5 a piece back when silver was $26 an ounce. I himmed and hawed, saying I thought they were worth more than that. They replied that was their offer. I picked up a couple, saying &quot;come on, this one is 1880, and this one is 1894, they surely must be worth more than that&quot;, (i picked up the 94s but wasn&#039;t trying to emphasize it too much&quot;. The main guy just replied, &quot;that is our offer&quot;, I think maybe he knew the game.</p><p><br /></p><p>Luckily, I dawdled some more, and a younger guy came over and told me, &quot;hey kid, that is all these are worth, and we are giving you a good deal&quot;. That made me smile, I went outside and signalled the sheriffs outside. They were all arrested and had to make bond a little while later.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is not legal what these people do, but at least in Iowa what was critical was to get them to tell you that they are paying what they are worth, meaning that since they were &quot;experts&quot; they were not allowed to cheat the public. If they just tell you that is their offer, they are not giving their expert opinion as to their worth, so any offer is legal since it is not giving you their expert opinion.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, that was my experience the last time these thieves went around to steal from the public.</p><p><br /></p><p>Chris</p><p><br /></p><p>Edit: Btw, in case you were wondering how I had a 94s, the sheriffs happen to come in to my favorite coin shop one day, and the dealer agreed to supply all of the morgans for the sting, and since I was there they asked me if I would like to help them. My Mom was in the car outside the hotel room as well, nervous as ****! I think that is the only time I got to freely handle a 94s, and was trying to be careful with it the whole time, though it was only a F. I think the dealer had thrown in a 89cc and a couple of other cc&#039;s in there as well.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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