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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3448678, member: 19463&quot;]None of us mind when a seller identifies a rare coin as something common but we do not like it when there is a common coin misattributed as something rare.&nbsp; Pointing this out to an ignorant seller will do no good if he things you are trying to cheat him out of the coin rather than help him stop looking like a fool.&nbsp; Perhaps the most common in this category are early coins of Septimius Severus that include PERT in the obverse legend and can fool the unknowing into believing they have a Pertinax.&nbsp; I have had to leave Septimius coins behind that were reverses I wanted but was not willing to pay a Pertinax price to obtain. </p><p><br /></p><p>Over the years I have helped more than a few sellers distinguish between the various mints of Severan coins when they requested such service. In most cases, they were willing to sell me the coin reasonably even though I suggested to them that the coin was an upgrade item.&nbsp; In most cases these differences are not great so they were not losing anything great.&nbsp; Later, however, it probably cost me money when they correctly uplisted coins they had learned to separate.&nbsp; More often at later shows I would be shown a coin with, &quot;I got a new Alexandria denarius, do you have this one?&quot; That helped us both.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have many times enjoyed telling the tale of a seller in Baltimore I did not know who apparently knew me by reputation as a Severan specialist and refused to sell me a Septimius denarius saying, &quot;If you want it, I must have missed something.&quot;&nbsp; He was wrong.&nbsp; At that point in my collecting life (no longer) I was buying coins from dies I did not recognize including things that were worth no premium.&nbsp; I don&#039;t recall seeing that seller at a show again.&nbsp; I suspect he discovered that selling coins for a small profit is better than not selling anything.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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