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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 7939022, member: 19463"]Whether 65k or simply 6.5 is at stake, is it not all we here can do to point out to beginners that they do need to 'recognize reasons' and /or employ help that does? Usually this would be simply buying from a seller not famous for selling fakes but when you get to some point (like 65k) most people really need to be working with a suitable agent. IMHO no one should be buying coins with money that means life and death to their family. Some collectors I know can make 100k mistakes with no more pain than others of us do with even a 100 (euro/dollar/pound) error. I have no sympathy for those who are bidding at that level without either knowledge or professional help. Most of us risk the price of a meal for one person on the theory that we learn from the experience but each will define a 'meal' differently.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 7939022, member: 19463"]Whether 65k or simply 6.5 is at stake, is it not all we here can do to point out to beginners that they do need to 'recognize reasons' and /or employ help that does? Usually this would be simply buying from a seller not famous for selling fakes but when you get to some point (like 65k) most people really need to be working with a suitable agent. IMHO no one should be buying coins with money that means life and death to their family. Some collectors I know can make 100k mistakes with no more pain than others of us do with even a 100 (euro/dollar/pound) error. I have no sympathy for those who are bidding at that level without either knowledge or professional help. Most of us risk the price of a meal for one person on the theory that we learn from the experience but each will define a 'meal' differently.[/QUOTE]
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