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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Vess1, post: 653776, member: 13650&quot;]I think you could have found a cheaper coin to experiment with.&nbsp; Other than that, I think it&#039;s a cool experiment.&nbsp;&nbsp; One word of caution though.&nbsp; Don&#039;t assume dealers are there to guarantee authenticity for you.&nbsp; They are human beings and more than likely have to assume lesser dollar items (yes even $300 coins) are real most of the time.&nbsp; They are not graders.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; There was just an article in a recent Coinage about all the fake Morgan dollars being made in China and sold on ebay.&nbsp; &nbsp; The author bought a complete set of them for less than a hundred bucks and brought them to a coin show in Arizona to see if anyone would catch it.&nbsp;&nbsp; Nobody did.&nbsp; One dealer offered 30k for the set!&nbsp; Then he informed them they were all Chinese fakes!</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; I told you you&#039;d get low ball offers from dealers at a show.&nbsp; Don&#039;t assume those offers are top $ for the coin.&nbsp;&nbsp; Dealers can buy just about anything from other dealers at wholesale, which is around 50% or less of what you and I will pay.&nbsp;&nbsp; So a 125 and 175 offer at a show I would consider to be around 50% of what you could expect to get on ebay.&nbsp;&nbsp; But not without pics.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; If you put it back on ebay you&#039;d for sure get over 200 for it but probably wouldn&#039;t get the full 300 back.&nbsp; Just depends on who&#039;s on that week.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; I&#039;d love to see what PCGS or NGC would grade it in comparison.&nbsp; If it&#039;s a low eye appeal coin though, it will not fetch top $ for the grade no matter what it receives and probably should have been avoided.&nbsp; Unless you really needed an affordable one for a set.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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