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<p>[QUOTE="BigTee44, post: 2891713, member: 41883"]Which is why the numbers are all "crossed out".... and +++++++ added below the number, but many of the buyers are seeing those same numbers on legit graded coins at shows or shops and are accepting them as honest grades.</p><p><br /></p><p>It's amazing to see people in here saying well if the person is uneducated well that's what they deserve. I don't know jack about cars. Thankfully, when I walk into a local mechanic, I know I can get an honest appraisal without fear of being over charged. Why would it be any different than to assume a seller online selling hundreds if not thousands of coins would do that. It would be one thing if it didn't say proof all over it and they bid it up like that, but you can clearly see two bidders look at a seller with 99.9% positive and only 2 negatives in the last year and think they can trust the grade on the 2x2, or at least close to that grade. Before I knew how to grade I would assume what I bought was labeled correctly. Some people enjoy their hobby their own ways. Not everyone wants to get into the details of knowing the die markings for a proof compared to just a PL Morgan but expect when a dealer says it's a proof, it is what they say it is. </p><p><br /></p><p>And to say only serious collectors will throw $1200 at a coin, look at how many people just threw $1,000 at a cell phone....[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="BigTee44, post: 2891713, member: 41883"]Which is why the numbers are all "crossed out".... and +++++++ added below the number, but many of the buyers are seeing those same numbers on legit graded coins at shows or shops and are accepting them as honest grades. It's amazing to see people in here saying well if the person is uneducated well that's what they deserve. I don't know jack about cars. Thankfully, when I walk into a local mechanic, I know I can get an honest appraisal without fear of being over charged. Why would it be any different than to assume a seller online selling hundreds if not thousands of coins would do that. It would be one thing if it didn't say proof all over it and they bid it up like that, but you can clearly see two bidders look at a seller with 99.9% positive and only 2 negatives in the last year and think they can trust the grade on the 2x2, or at least close to that grade. Before I knew how to grade I would assume what I bought was labeled correctly. Some people enjoy their hobby their own ways. Not everyone wants to get into the details of knowing the die markings for a proof compared to just a PL Morgan but expect when a dealer says it's a proof, it is what they say it is. And to say only serious collectors will throw $1200 at a coin, look at how many people just threw $1,000 at a cell phone....[/QUOTE]
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