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<p>[QUOTE="JoshuaP, post: 24877569, member: 114157"]Oh, for common sense! The 1933 Double Eagle didn't even hit $20 million. Anybody can write a dumb article, but what I dislike is meeting people who actually believe the nonsense. I was stopped at a yard-sale about six years ago where a lady was trying to sell coins after she "looked them up online." She had some decent stuff, but marked at prices that were out of this world (some foreign coins from the 20th century; a bit of silver). When I tried telling her a more reasonable price, she all but called me a swindler. Last year I was looking at buying a large denomination German Mark note from post WWI at an antique store. There was no price on it, so the fellow asked me what I would offer. I looked up what they sold for on eBay (sold, not selling) and offered him a fair price. He looked at me and said, "That is too cheap. You need to add antique value." Antique value? I told him I'd just buy it on eBay without the antique value added (duh).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="JoshuaP, post: 24877569, member: 114157"]Oh, for common sense! The 1933 Double Eagle didn't even hit $20 million. Anybody can write a dumb article, but what I dislike is meeting people who actually believe the nonsense. I was stopped at a yard-sale about six years ago where a lady was trying to sell coins after she "looked them up online." She had some decent stuff, but marked at prices that were out of this world (some foreign coins from the 20th century; a bit of silver). When I tried telling her a more reasonable price, she all but called me a swindler. Last year I was looking at buying a large denomination German Mark note from post WWI at an antique store. There was no price on it, so the fellow asked me what I would offer. I looked up what they sold for on eBay (sold, not selling) and offered him a fair price. He looked at me and said, "That is too cheap. You need to add antique value." Antique value? I told him I'd just buy it on eBay without the antique value added (duh).[/QUOTE]
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