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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 7649417, member: 19463&quot;]I am losing interest in this hobby fast.&nbsp; The problem is that so many people seem to relish the opportunity of trying outwit the big auction houses and find a genuine, untooled and worthwhile coin rather than just patronizing sellers who are both honest and knowledgeable.&nbsp; Their pumping cash into the pockets of criminals and know-nothings will guarantee their survival because it is a lot harder to make a living buying real coins than wholesale lots of garbage.&nbsp; There will always be people with more money than sense.&nbsp; I used to joke about having my collection melted down and cast into an urn for my ashes.&nbsp; The direction of the hobby is making that look better every day.&nbsp; Any of you that bid in a sale with long series of obvious fakes deserve what you get.&nbsp; I see Katz has withdrawn a good number of the most obvious fakes including the one I really liked and would even have paid the 5 euro start price to add to my collection.&nbsp; Have you ever seen anything like lot 192?</p><p><img src="https://media.biddr.com/media/img/auction_lots/1814/1964245_1622800516.l.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I really would like to upgrade mine shown here several times but mine is so terrible (worst of the 3-4 I have seen) that most people would not have it for the 5 euros.&nbsp; I paid the Bulgarian I bought it from more than 5 euros.&nbsp; I hope mine is real. Does that mean anything anymore? </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1315246[/ATTACH] </p><p>Suggestion: if you are going to play the ponies, bet on the ones with the best drugs (they run faster).&nbsp; If you are going to bid in all these sales around the world, hire an auction representative.&nbsp; Last I heard, the 5% they charge (current rate?) would be money well spent for those of you with enough spending cash that you need to bid wildly on coins about which you have not a clue.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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