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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;andrew289, post: 286873, member: 6463&quot;]Interesting debate</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&quot;I don&#039;t see how someone innocently finding out the date on a coin they purchased or found could be misconstrued as being unethical, which is what I get from your posts.&quot;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>What may seen innocent to you, might seem like a quick way to make a buck to someone else. Everyone doesn&#039;t see the world with rose colored glasses and everyone is far from innocent in the way they choose to live their lives.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&quot;Maybe it&#039;s just me, and maybe I just can&#039;t understand the views of a devout purist, but it just seems silly to me to have a dateless coin that is good for little more than a jar of curios that may well be a rare key date, and just leave it to sit there when we have a product that can show us what the coin really is.&quot;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The last time that I looked, there were millions of dateless coins. Look in any junk box of silver. They are sitting there just fine. Why aren&#039;t they being saved from a life in a curio jar?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&quot;Well, I can appreciate that, however it seems like a rather large leap to assume that all of these coins will be used to bilk the public. I believe that most (if not all) of the members here are quite honest. I agree this could easily be used to fool novice collectors, but if nic-a-date weren&#039;t around, they would just use vinegar.&quot; </p><p><br /></p><p>Welcome to the 21st century. It&#039;s time to smell the coffee. Since the advent of ebay, lots of things have been used to bilk the public. Nick-a-date buffs have been bilking the public for generations and get this ....all for personal gain. Go figure. The honesty of the membership is not in question, although given the percentages, there are some players among us. That&#039;s a fact. They didn&#039;t check each persons honesty card when they registered for membership. Did they?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&quot;I think the important thing is not to elimate the products that can be very helpful to genuine, honest numismatists, but rather to educate the young or novice collectors so they don&#039;t make the mistake of buying from the less than honest sellers. Basically what I&#039;m saying is that education of the buyers rather than elimination of the sellers is the key.&quot;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Ah ..yes..the education card. Let&#039;s educate everyone about everything so that no one will ever be taken advantage of again. Less than honest sellers ...hmmm...lets put a sign on them so that everyone knows who they are and young and novice collectors will see them from a mile away. How about making them wear a blaze orange safety vest with the scarlet letter B on it for ...bad guy. Online however ...they would you like you or me...bummer. Education is no key ..it&#039;s only self preservation. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&quot;My opinion is thus: The last I heard this is America. And we are free to do what we want with our possessions. I am not harming anyone by Nik-A-Date usage on any one of my dateless nickles. And I find it fun, rather interesting and a good clean passtime.&quot;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I love the ole America card ..land of the free and home of the cluess buffalo buyers. Yes indeed you are free to do with your property what you want. Nick-a-date the heck out of all the buffs you can just for spite. That will sure show those nik-a-date haters. The only people that you are harming are people that will come long after you are gone. The kids of future generations who will buy your old nik-a-date nickels thinking that they are real. But since you don&#039;t know them ..who cares. They will have to fend for themselves.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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