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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Victor, post: 163804, member: 5454&quot;]Here&#039;s the long story I would have skipped if the coin was authentic.&nbsp; This jeweler had 2 indian heads in his store.&nbsp; I was looking at some other Gold and he reached down and placed these two right in front of the showcase under my nose.</p><p>They were in 2X2 holders, one marked 1925 ($150)&nbsp; and the other 1925D ($195).</p><p>The first he said was VF and the1925 D was AU.&nbsp; I asked for a deal if I got both.</p><p>He said both for $325 then waited on someone else.&nbsp; So I told his wife I wanted them.</p><p>I gave her 4 hundred dollar bills.&nbsp; She gave me $65 change and said &quot;Is that right?&quot; I shook my head no.</p><p>Then she produced another $10. After asking for a receipt, he made it out for $350.</p><p>&nbsp;I went home and grabbed my Redbook, there is no such thing as a 1925</p><p>without the D.&nbsp; I called him up and said I wanted to return it.&nbsp; He said I must return both.</p><p>So I drove there the next day and returned both.&nbsp; Only he wouldn&#039;t look at me and his daughter returned my cash with an added $25.00.&nbsp; I then purchased back the 1925D for $195 using their $25 and ending up paying $170 of my money.</p><p>Now to answer your question Bruce, I started taking it around to dealers.&nbsp; The first, Lincoln Coins in</p><p>Worcester, MA said it might be fake or might be whizzed.&nbsp; They wanted me to submit it to ANACS.</p><p>I then took it to a dealer in Putnam, CT.&nbsp; At first he offered me $100.&nbsp; Then I asked if it was real and he </p><p>started looking closer.&nbsp; A book he has says there is supposed to be a faint wire&nbsp; rim from 12 o&#039;clock to 3 o&#039;clock but in no other place.&nbsp; Authentic coins have this peculiar trait.</p><p>This coin did not.</p><p>All along when I looked closer with a 10X loupe I thought I saw a few tiny bubbles and cast flashing traces.</p><p>I then went to a 3rd dealer who wasn&#039;t there.</p><p>I took it then to Vasbro Coins in Norwich, CT.&nbsp; That guy said within 20 seconds of looking at it that it was a knock off casting.&nbsp; Several dealers weighed it.&nbsp; It was in close range weight wise.&nbsp; It was real gold, but cast.</p><p>It is jeweler&#039;s costume jewelry for necklaces.</p><p>I then called the jeweler.&nbsp; He wasn&#039;t there.&nbsp; I told the daughter it was fake and I want my money back.</p><p>She said he wasn&#039;t there but would be tomorrow at eleven.</p><p>When I first called about the other coin (with no D) he asked if it was still in the holder he sold it in.</p><p>That coin was.&nbsp;&nbsp; But now I had taken this coin out to weigh it and put it in a new 2X2.</p><p>I STAYED UP LATE AGONIZING.&nbsp; I decided to slip it back in the holder it came in.&nbsp; Poor job.</p><p>I ended up wrapping the 2X2 with clear postal tape, then worried all night.</p><p>Drove right to his store at 11am the next day.&nbsp; Deja Vu.&nbsp; He didn&#039;t look at me and the daughter returned my cash.&nbsp; And again this time I got the extra $25.&nbsp;&nbsp; The Warwick police station is right across the street.</p><p>How many have they sold that never got discovered?&nbsp; They have a set routine.</p><p>The guy makes the deal.</p><p>The wife handles the money and tries to cheat you in change.</p><p>Any gripes or returns are handled by the daughter.</p><p>Now how badly do you think I want a real one?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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