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<p>[QUOTE="BooksB4Coins, post: 1800498, member: 36230"]It very much looks like a blue Whitman <i>album</i> and not a folder... look at the gold colored font and leatherette-type page covers.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>As said in my first post, I would not touch it based off of the provided photos, and others have since echoed this sentiment. The point is that, at least with my eyes, the images are not of the quality necessary to make an educated call as to the coin's authenticity. Perhaps you are willing to do so, but it seems many here are not, so making braggart claims of how much you could sell this coin for impresses no one. I've no doubt that with a little work disguising the scratch, the coin could be sold for much more than it is, or even was worth to someone out there, but is this the type of person you really want to be?</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>It is called playing hot shot. Sooner or later he will realize that making such claims actually make him look like something quite different than what he's hoping to portray.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="BooksB4Coins, post: 1800498, member: 36230"]It very much looks like a blue Whitman [I]album[/I] and not a folder... look at the gold colored font and leatherette-type page covers. As said in my first post, I would not touch it based off of the provided photos, and others have since echoed this sentiment. The point is that, at least with my eyes, the images are not of the quality necessary to make an educated call as to the coin's authenticity. Perhaps you are willing to do so, but it seems many here are not, so making braggart claims of how much you could sell this coin for impresses no one. I've no doubt that with a little work disguising the scratch, the coin could be sold for much more than it is, or even was worth to someone out there, but is this the type of person you really want to be? It is called playing hot shot. Sooner or later he will realize that making such claims actually make him look like something quite different than what he's hoping to portray.[/QUOTE]
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