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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;red_spork, post: 2705636, member: 74282&quot;]If a dealer knows almost nothing about the coins he is selling I really have no problem not telling him what he has. I&#039;ve got some remarkably good deals that way but every single time I&#039;ve done it I&#039;ve done it with the knowledge that I&#039;m putting the onus of authentication completely onto myself because if a dealer cannot even come up with a basic attribution he can&#039;t be expected to have reliably authenticated a coin either. In this case I don&#039;t see the point of paying a price anywhere near what I would otherwise be willing to pay for the coin from a better source.</p><p><br /></p><p>That said, if the dealer were a friend or a dealer whom it&nbsp; would be good to cultivate a good&nbsp; a relationship&nbsp; with I would probably opt for full disclosure and try to come to an agreement that works better for both of us. As someone who only collects a small subset of ancients, your average US/World coin dealer who occasionally stumbles across an ancient or two does not fit this bill and most of the ancient dealers I am friends with will reach out to me for help before they list a coin in my collecting area that they&#039;re unsure about.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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