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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The_Cave_Troll, post: 111112, member: 1674&quot;]This may sound harsh, but did you do your homework before buying the coin?&nbsp; That means: 1) did you buy a couple of books to learn how coin doctors can change the surface of the coin to make it appear that it is better than it actually is? 2) Did you study a number of cleaned, damaged, polished, whizzed, doctored, fake, et al. coins in the presence of someone who could show you exactly what each kind of damage looks like so that you would recognize it? 3) Did you research coin values/basic grading including the way different kinds of damage affects coin values, 4) Did you insist on buying only from reputable dealers (this doesn&#039;t neccessarily exclude all eBay sellers, but there&#039;s sharks in them waters!) with solid return policies, and 5) did you do all of this research BEFORE buying a coin?</p><p><br /></p><p>If not then you failed to do your due diligence.&nbsp; I feel bad for you because it seems that you may have overpaid for your coin, but the good news is: If that coin was the cost of your &quot;intro to problem coins&quot; lesson then you got a very cheap lesson!&nbsp; Some have made MUCH more costly mistakes than you.&nbsp; Please don&#039;t let one unpleasant experience color your numismatic experience!&nbsp; Start learning now and make your next purchase a better one!</p><p><br /></p><p>The problem with experience is that it tests first and then teaches!&nbsp; You have to work at it a little bit to make sure that you do your learning first.</p><p><br /></p><p>Good luck![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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