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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pocket Change, post: 509138, member: 8012&quot;]This thread is related to Hobo&#039;s excellent thread on the Counterfeit coin experiment with FUN dealers.</p><p><br /></p><p>My question.&nbsp; </p><p>Let&#039;s assume a dealer gets it wrong and discovers that he/she has mistakenly purchased a $1000 counterfeit coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Is that dealer just going to chalk it up as a bad purchase and destroy it?&nbsp; Will he/she display it as a counterfeit?&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>or....</p><p><br /></p><p>Will he/she resell it knowing it is a counterfeit?&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Remember, we are only talking about one example and &quot;only&quot; $1000.&nbsp; What if it happens again or for a coin worth more money, etc.</p><p><br /></p><p>I would venture that the majority of coin collectors &quot;trust&quot; the opinion of their &quot;favorite&quot; coin dealer.</p><p><br /></p><p>Dealers sell cleaned and dipped coins all day long to unsuspecting buyers.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I know there is no answer to this.&nbsp; It&#039;s just something to muse over.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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