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<p>[QUOTE="HandsomeToad, post: 640658, member: 12965"]I do attribute most coppers I look at, if doable. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p> </p><p>As to buying from a scammer, I don't consider what they do to qualify as scamming. I see sellers over-grading & over-hyping their coins all the time so I'm used to that and don't pay much attention to what a seller says, unless it happens to be important and/or fraudulent. If you want to see a TRUE scammer, check out this seller:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/c-1800-George-Washington-Funeral-Medal-Electro_W0QQitemZ140333087805" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://cgi.ebay.com/c-1800-George-Washington-Funeral-Medal-Electro_W0QQitemZ140333087805" rel="nofollow">http://cgi.ebay.com/c-1800-George-Washington-Funeral-Medal-Electro_W0QQitemZ140333087805</a></p><p> </p><p>If you will read the description, they sold this once and it came back because it's a electrotype copy, yet the seller tries to make it sound like the buyer had no clue what they were talking about. :goof: The person that bought it is a well known and respected person in the C4 arena (mentioned several times in Bowers new book) and he took it to another expert and got his opinion before sending it back, since he felt it wasn't authentic but wanted a second opinion. So the person the seller is referring to, happens to be 2 of the biggest colonial collectors/experts and the seller was fully briefed on why it's fake and this seller has sold several counterfeit colonials in the past, so this situation frosted the cake for me! :goof:</p><p> </p><p>I will NEVER buy from that seller! :hammer:</p><p> </p><p>Ribbit <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="HandsomeToad, post: 640658, member: 12965"]I do attribute most coppers I look at, if doable. ;) As to buying from a scammer, I don't consider what they do to qualify as scamming. I see sellers over-grading & over-hyping their coins all the time so I'm used to that and don't pay much attention to what a seller says, unless it happens to be important and/or fraudulent. If you want to see a TRUE scammer, check out this seller: [URL]http://cgi.ebay.com/c-1800-George-Washington-Funeral-Medal-Electro_W0QQitemZ140333087805[/URL] If you will read the description, they sold this once and it came back because it's a electrotype copy, yet the seller tries to make it sound like the buyer had no clue what they were talking about. :goof: The person that bought it is a well known and respected person in the C4 arena (mentioned several times in Bowers new book) and he took it to another expert and got his opinion before sending it back, since he felt it wasn't authentic but wanted a second opinion. So the person the seller is referring to, happens to be 2 of the biggest colonial collectors/experts and the seller was fully briefed on why it's fake and this seller has sold several counterfeit colonials in the past, so this situation frosted the cake for me! :goof: I will NEVER buy from that seller! :hammer: Ribbit :)[/QUOTE]
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