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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 2176565, member: 19463"]I fail to see evidence in so small a photo that makes me have an opinion worth expressing either way. I agree with Ides on the matter of a lot depending on the source and price of the group except I would not get comfortable until at least $10,000 because of what I see lurking in the lot. It just bothers me too much why any seller would offer this as a group. This lot and a vCoins address would make you a better than average dealer not to mention in the top five collections of people who post here even if you have no other coins. The common coins I see are too salable (did everyone notice the Republican that recently made a splash on another thread?). The lot might have been sold if it belonged to an estate that demanded instant liquidation but I would expect most dealers would have bought it for themselves or tipped a friend of the sale. </p><p><br /></p><p>The posting of those Bulgarian fakes as possible evidence against these coins is the best evidence we have so far that they are genuine. If these are fakes, and I am not saying Yea or Nay, they are high end enough that you would need to examine them very carefully. If you do not have a stereo-microscope, I'd buy one. I'd also take a couple and pack them off to Sear for a Steve-level paper.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 2176565, member: 19463"]I fail to see evidence in so small a photo that makes me have an opinion worth expressing either way. I agree with Ides on the matter of a lot depending on the source and price of the group except I would not get comfortable until at least $10,000 because of what I see lurking in the lot. It just bothers me too much why any seller would offer this as a group. This lot and a vCoins address would make you a better than average dealer not to mention in the top five collections of people who post here even if you have no other coins. The common coins I see are too salable (did everyone notice the Republican that recently made a splash on another thread?). The lot might have been sold if it belonged to an estate that demanded instant liquidation but I would expect most dealers would have bought it for themselves or tipped a friend of the sale. The posting of those Bulgarian fakes as possible evidence against these coins is the best evidence we have so far that they are genuine. If these are fakes, and I am not saying Yea or Nay, they are high end enough that you would need to examine them very carefully. If you do not have a stereo-microscope, I'd buy one. I'd also take a couple and pack them off to Sear for a Steve-level paper.[/QUOTE]
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