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<p>[QUOTE="RGJohn777, post: 1190451, member: 22102"]----------</p><p> Yup, we all pay for our educations one way or another. This was a cheap lesson really and it is possible that there is a coin collector who would esteem it. It's in great shape and they still hold FUN shows so you can probably retreive half of your investment. </p><p>--</p><p> COAs were not common until fairly recently so there may never have been one originally. </p><p> Yes, auctioneers can sometimes enlarge the description of an item, innocently or otherwise. Our job as buyers is to be sceptical. As you admit, you were careless, perhaps due to thinking 10 ounces for the price of 1 or 2 or maybe plain old auction fever ( you should see some of the nutty stuff I've come home with, need a hayhook? I got one in Kansas, carried it all the way back to the mountains of Colorado in the back seat of a Toyota Corolla and to this day still wonder why).</p><p> Keep your souvenir, it will make a great reminder in the years to come and may well save you a fortune as such.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="RGJohn777, post: 1190451, member: 22102"]---------- Yup, we all pay for our educations one way or another. This was a cheap lesson really and it is possible that there is a coin collector who would esteem it. It's in great shape and they still hold FUN shows so you can probably retreive half of your investment. -- COAs were not common until fairly recently so there may never have been one originally. Yes, auctioneers can sometimes enlarge the description of an item, innocently or otherwise. Our job as buyers is to be sceptical. As you admit, you were careless, perhaps due to thinking 10 ounces for the price of 1 or 2 or maybe plain old auction fever ( you should see some of the nutty stuff I've come home with, need a hayhook? I got one in Kansas, carried it all the way back to the mountains of Colorado in the back seat of a Toyota Corolla and to this day still wonder why). Keep your souvenir, it will make a great reminder in the years to come and may well save you a fortune as such.[/QUOTE]
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