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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2705570, member: 24314&quot;]And best of all, with the ID, I could go on the Internet and give the dealer an idea of the value of the coin.&nbsp; It was offered to me at $80 but he is a personal friend and I knew the coin was AU++, 100% genuine, and worth hundreds of dollars!&nbsp; As I wrote, I&#039;ve never seen a contemporary C/S or a beautiful edge like that (sort of crushed down in overlapping layers).</p><p><br /></p><p>PS Thankfully, this thread was edited.&nbsp; To make it clear, this part of my post:</p><p><br /></p><p><i><b>You must be having a bad day so I forgive you but I&#039;ll bet a post such as this would not go over well with either Peter or Doug. My silly question, that was answered correctly so quickly, is what I&#039;ve been told CT is all about.</b></i></p><p><i><b><br /></b></i></p><p>was directed to another member and not to [USER=78058]@Smojo[/USER].</p><p><br /></p><p>PS. I feel really good about not ripping off a friend and the education we both got here.&nbsp; Thanks again to all!</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is something to think about:</p><p><br /></p><p>1. What would you do if you knew a $500 to $800 ancient was freely offered to you at $80 by a dealer friend who has already given you $1000&#039;s of dollars of free coins and has no idea of the value of his coin.&nbsp; Would you accept it or let him know?</p><p><br /></p><p>2. What would you do if a dealer you did not know had no clue about ancients and had the coin unpriced in his case?&nbsp; Would you tell him what he had or give him a very low ball offer say $80 and benefit from your knowledge and his ignorance?</p><p><br /></p><p>3. Would you make the same low-ball offer to a dealer in US coins you know; yet had no clue about ancients and had the coin unpriced in the case waiting for an offer?</p><p><br /></p><p>Ah, the morals of collecting.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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