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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ed Snible, post: 3799574, member: 82322&quot;]You are gullible if you are taking numismatic authenticity feedback from a nursing professor.</p><p><br /></p><p>This professor, or a relative, may have been burned by tourist fakes.&nbsp; We don&#039;t know his or her story.</p><p><br /></p><p>It <b>is</b> surprising that a 2000 year old silver coin can be in good shape, yet I have gardening tools I in my basement -- that I bought new -- but are rusty and cracking just because I didn&#039;t wipe them down with oil at the end of the season.</p><p><br /></p><p>The professor blabbed about your valuable coin in a room full of students without asking your permission.&nbsp; Security nightmare.&nbsp; With these kind of folks, the best response is &quot;aw, shucks, you must be right.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Most people will believe anything they see in a book.&nbsp; If there is someone you need to convince of your numismatic wisdom, a prospective father-in-law or something, be ready with an auction catalog, preferably hard-cover.&nbsp; &quot;Well, I bought it in Geneva.&nbsp; Bidding was fierce.&nbsp; There was a rumor it came from the collection of a disgraced Baron.&nbsp; Here, check out page 72 in this catalog.&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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