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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 970298, member: 19463&quot;]This has come up a couple times recently.&nbsp; I don&#039;t make the rules for this or any other list so I can&#039;t say that you should not post links to active sale listings but....&nbsp; What if your doing so attracted the interest of six other bidders who had not seen that coin but each decided to place a bid?&nbsp; How did you benefit from attracting competition?&nbsp; Perhaps worse, what if your snipe had been for $10 and I, by chance, decided to bid $9.75 meaning you still won the lot but had to pay your full bid price instead of the reduced number?&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Similarly, you can also attract attention to a lot that one of us has already bid on and has several dollars left before reaching our top price?&nbsp; Do you expect us to tell you that you should pay up to $10 for the coin or that we have already bid $10 on it so if you bid just a little under that we will be sure to pay more for it?</p><p><br /></p><p>Similarly, suppose you know nothing about a lot but post a question if the coin is &#039;real&#039; based on absolutely no reason to doubt the coin other than it is nice looking.&nbsp; If that post scares off other bidders who did not doubt the coin until they saw your post, do you see how you wronged the seller?</p><p><br /></p><p>I repeat that I do not make the rules for this list BUT I do consider it inappropriate to post on an active sale unless you are actually accusing the seller of selling a fake.&nbsp; Wait until a sale has closed and ask your question when you can learn from the experience and expect an honest answer for us all.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>As far as the coin in question (now that it has closed):&nbsp; I don&#039;t know it.&nbsp; I don&#039;t see it as medievil or medievel either (depending on where in the listing you read).&nbsp; I don&#039;t even think it is medieval and don&#039;t know if it is a coin or a token.&nbsp; I did not bid.&nbsp; Should you?&nbsp; I say no.&nbsp; IMHO it is better if you buy coins from dealers you trust not only to sell real coins but to ID them correctly and to ask a fair price for the coin.&nbsp; After you get more experience in the hobby, you might want to risk leaving the safety of the porch little by little but if you feel the need to post a question here as to whether a coin is a good buy, consider that if we thought it were, we might be the ones bidding on it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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