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<p>[QUOTE="Ken Dorney, post: 3449542, member: 76086"]I think most of the potential answers have already been given, but no comments from dealers I think. As a dealer I confess to having made many mistakes. Some simple, some egregious. The most common I make is spelling or cut and paste errors. The other problem is when I attribute a coin, photograph it and put it into its flip with the inventory number. Sometimes the wrong coin gets into the wrong flip creating <i>two</i> mistakes. Sometimes I dont have the knowledge to spot minor differences on a particular issue. Im always happy when someone brings these errors to my attention. Either I correct a dumb mistake or I correct and learn something new.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This is very true, especially so for the larger dealers. When one gets a bag of 500 Byzantine coins it makes no sense to give each one too much time. But this situation of course allows collectors to snap up some nice rarities for sometimes pennies on the dollar (and inventory for dealers).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ken Dorney, post: 3449542, member: 76086"]I think most of the potential answers have already been given, but no comments from dealers I think. As a dealer I confess to having made many mistakes. Some simple, some egregious. The most common I make is spelling or cut and paste errors. The other problem is when I attribute a coin, photograph it and put it into its flip with the inventory number. Sometimes the wrong coin gets into the wrong flip creating [I]two[/I] mistakes. Sometimes I dont have the knowledge to spot minor differences on a particular issue. Im always happy when someone brings these errors to my attention. Either I correct a dumb mistake or I correct and learn something new. This is very true, especially so for the larger dealers. When one gets a bag of 500 Byzantine coins it makes no sense to give each one too much time. But this situation of course allows collectors to snap up some nice rarities for sometimes pennies on the dollar (and inventory for dealers).[/QUOTE]
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