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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;CamaroDMD, post: 403554, member: 5233&quot;]OK, let me give you an example that did happen and see if I was &quot;immoral&quot; that time too.</p><p><br /></p><p>Several years ago, when I was probably 15 or 16, I visited a coin shop regularly ran by an older dealer named Al.&nbsp; I would go there all the time and just hang out with the regulars and listen to their stories...they were an all an older semi-retired bunch and they really liked me.&nbsp; Al&#039;s selection wasn&#039;t the best, but it was fun to spend time there and he let me dig through his new stuff before he put it out so I could get first shot at everything.</p><p><br /></p><p>One day, I was looking at a couple of proof sets he had in his case, one of them was a 1979 set.&nbsp; I don&#039;t remember the price he had on it as it was several years ago (it was probably $6 or $7 based on what my old 1999 Red Book lists).&nbsp; That was the value of a Type 1 set.&nbsp; I noticed it was a Type 2 set (worth then, according to Red Book $60), so I bought that along with a few other things for the listed price.</p><p><br /></p><p>The dealer, Al, didn&#039;t know it was a Type 2 set and I did.&nbsp; Al was a good friend of mine (he was until the day he retired), but I didn&#039;t point out his because that&#039;s what he was asking for it.&nbsp; Because he was a dealer was cherypicking this set for 10% of its value moral?&nbsp; I don&#039;t have a problem with it because he got what he was asking.&nbsp; The same would be true if I bought it from someone on the street.&nbsp; Now, if he had listed it as a Type 2 and I had convinced him it was a Type 1, that&#039;s a little different (wither it was a dealer or just some guy).</p><p><br /></p><p>Oh, just to point it out...I still have that set and according to Red Book (which isn&#039;t a great price guide but it just as an example)...a 1979 Type 1 Proof Set is worth $8 while a Type 2 lists for $130).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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