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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;sesop, post: 651163, member: 19386&quot;]Hi,</p><p>(thank you in advance for this long winded introduction)</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve been collecting coins for years- my&nbsp; strategy going in was to pick up a few cheap examples of anything that interested me so I could evaluate them in person and make a decision as far as which direction to proceed. </p><p><br /></p><p>Recently, chop-marked trade dollars became the object of my affection. </p><p><br /></p><p>Before coins I was an avid baseball card collector for years. I hated slabbed cards- I like handling the actual item- after enough time I was confident enough to know real from fake, good from bad dealers, etc.</p><p><br /></p><p>I guess my point is that I&#039;m well versed in the notion of doing a lot of research before actually buying anything. </p><p><br /></p><p>Yesterday I made my first &quot;big&quot; purchase (by big, I mean that prior to this, I had never spent more than $20 on one of my &quot;research&quot; coins. </p><p><br /></p><p>I like the idea of raw, but realize that Trade Dollars, in particular, are shady unless slabbed by a reputable grader. </p><p><br /></p><p>Unable to find a slabbed chopmarked Trade Dollar for a reasonable price, yesterday I bought a raw chopmarked TD from govmint.net. I&#039;m not worried about being scammed- they&#039;ve been in business for 25 years, told me that if I was unsatisfied with the coin, I had 7 days to return it, and I can&#039;t imagine that their master plan from the beginning was to swindle some sucker out of $125 and retire to Tahiti. My fear lies in being disappointed if it turns out to be not what I want it to be (needless to say, they assure me its authentic, etc). </p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t have a scan- they took it down from their site after I paid, but based on what you know about them, I&#039;m wondering what the consensus is as far as the prospect of it being real or fake. </p><p><br /></p><p>So I have a few questions, if you don&#039;t mind...</p><p><br /></p><p>1. What&#039;s the consensus on govmint? Is it likely that my coin is fake?</p><p>2. What are some reputable online dealers?</p><p>3. Is finding a raw chopmarked Trade Dollar as hard as I&#039;m beginning to think it is?</p><p><br /></p><p>Any help, direction, etc is appreciated. </p><p>Thanks very much in advance.</p><p>-David[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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