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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bonedigger, post: 297974, member: 4367&quot;]Greetings and Happy ThanksGiving wishes to all those who observe the holiday, and a hearty &quot;Hello, may the wind be at your back and luck in your pocket&quot; to those who don&#039;t.&nbsp; I wanted to broach a topic which has touched each of us at some point in our &quot;Cyber Numismatic Journeys.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Since many aspects of the hobby are subjective in nature the differing opinions you receive on any number of topics will usually vary greatly when based solely on simply a photo or two.&nbsp; Unfortunately, these opinions often hurt our feelings when (let&#039;s say) the $5.00 Liberty or $10.00 Indian Gold Piece your grandmother left you is not Extra Fine or even real for that matter.&nbsp; Perhaps called a contemporary counterfeit according to one, (not all) of the more learned members of the coin forum you use.&nbsp; A myriad of emotions rush thru your mind, how could this be?&nbsp; The local coin dealer you regularly use gave it a rough grade of XF and even offered to purchase the coin.&nbsp; Why now are some your cyber friends (let&#039;s call them cyberies) saying it&#039;s counterfeit?&nbsp; These are members who you&#039;ve listened to and even altered your collecting habits to emulate.&nbsp; The individuals who know coins better than you and are always right even when you don&#039;t agree with them... <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Now, all of a sudden you feel empty, cheap, and foolish for even posting the topic, especially with pictures.&nbsp; It seems many of the forum members are now piling on and adding their own &quot;ridiculous follow-up&quot; comments which only add insult to injury...&nbsp; However, a couple of members agree with you that the coin is genuine and post their thoughts and reasons, but they are laughed down and drowned out by the forum mob which as developed and who&#039;ve followed the counterfeit lead.</p><p><br /></p><p>Let&#039;s look at the situation carefully.&nbsp; How many of these cyberies have you actually met, talked to on the telephone, or much less even corresponded with?&nbsp; I ask, whose word would you rather believe, the local dealer, your friend or some cyber somebodies who you only recognize by their screen names?&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>You know for a fact the coin has been in your family for generations.&nbsp; As far back as you can remember when visiting your grandparents the coin was always a special, secret treat to see and hold.&nbsp; You&#039;d sit and listen to the stories of yesteryear.&nbsp; Horses, buggies, cowboy badmen, gamblers, six-guns, wooden boardwalks, snow in the tall pines, gold-rushes, dirt roads, and sailing ships&nbsp; are all part of it&#039;s rich history to you.&nbsp; The local dealer feels it&#039;s real and even offered to purchase it.&nbsp; The date is one of the key dates and in solid extra-fine condition based upon RedBook standards.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now that you have inherited the coin, your plans are to keep it and pass it along to your children or grandchildren along with the wonderful exciting stories of the past.&nbsp; The coin and those stories will enrich generations yet to be born.&nbsp; This coin is part of, no CRITICAL to those stories yet to be told to your future generations.</p><p><br /></p><p>Okay, now where do you stand and what do you do???&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Personally, I would look elsewhere for numismatic advice and council...</p><p>Ben[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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