Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 4763164, member: 19463&quot;]My view on the matter depends who is the professional.&nbsp; I do not see collectors as having the responsibility to point out errors to dealers BUT if a dealer <u>asks</u> my opinion on a coin BEFORE I have put it in my buy pile, I should reply to him honestly.&nbsp; In the mid 1990&#039;s I taught more than one dealer how to tell Alexandria mint denarii.&nbsp; Enough listened and it ended up costing me money.&nbsp; I frequently point out errors to dealers but usually on coins in which I have no interest.&nbsp; Some dealers change the listing or delist the item.&nbsp; Some do not.&nbsp; Some say thanks.&nbsp; On the other hand, anyone who is offered coins for sale to a dealer AND asks for ID, deserves to be told what the coins are along with the offer.&nbsp; Many people do not care about the ID but only how much they can get for grandpa&#039;s coins.&nbsp; If an error is seen in an auction after it has received even one bid, I do not believe that a seller should correct that error but should notify the bidder that there was an error and offer to cancel the bid. Fakes discovered late should be delisted.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>A story:&nbsp; I was in a brick and mortar shop in a town I was visiting where I was shown quite a few coins the dealer said were brought in by a widow.&nbsp; He went on to explain that she did not know the good ones from the bad and that he got a really good deal on them.&nbsp; He bragged about how much he knew about ancients. The more he said about the matter, the less guilty I felt about not telling him the Claudius II in his case was a Marius.&nbsp; He paid the widow for a Claudius and sold it to me as a Claudius.&nbsp; I&#039;ll never again be in that town but if I were, I would not return.&nbsp; Moral:&nbsp; If you are in the business of fleecing widows, don&#039;t brag about it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in