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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;samclemens3991, post: 21505450, member: 82181&quot;]They always say life is all a matter of perspective.&nbsp; I am going to guess that my perspective is going to go over like a lead balloon.&nbsp; I say screw the 60&#039;s, 70&#039;s &amp; first half of the 80&#039;s.&nbsp; Thank god for the grading services.&nbsp; I can say without doubt that every miss-represented, harshly cleaned, altered</p><p>or fraudulent coin I ever purchased happened during that time period.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; I can remember seeing a dealer with a case full of 1909 Indian cents that had an S soldered on.&nbsp; He claimed they came from a rare roll of coins with a marred mintmark and was charging a 50% premium.&nbsp; People were BUYING them.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; We also use to have a dealer who came to our mall twice a year.&nbsp; Every single coin in his cases (Hundreds if not thousands), were whizzed.&nbsp; He even had a motorized wire wheel set up in his stand.&nbsp; I watched him buy coins for pennies on the dollar.&nbsp; Whiz them and then put them in is case with huge mark-ups.&nbsp; when I approached him about it he laughed and said, &quot;People like shiny coins.&nbsp; Give the people what they want.&quot;&nbsp; Then he flashed me a huge roll of cash.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; These kind of crooks cannot exist today.&nbsp; Why?&nbsp; your on it.&nbsp; This is the information age.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; Speaking of information, never before has their been such detailed information on coins as their is now.&nbsp; I collect Seated coins and some Bust halves.&nbsp; This would be impossible if not for the age we live in.&nbsp; I can get detailed descriptions of every known variety and die marriage with a few clicks of my keyboard.&nbsp; What does this wealth of information cost me? NOTHING.&nbsp; Just for example there is a web site that has a detailed description and picture of every known Bust Half.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; I also no longer have to put blind faith in a description of a coin in Coin World when I go coin shopping.&nbsp; Instead I have over 2 dozen legit dealers on my favorites list and follow several auctions a week.&nbsp; Debase coin pictures all you want.&nbsp; Seeing is infinitely better than not.</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; This RIGHT NOW,&nbsp; this is the true Golden Age of Numismatics.&nbsp; End of rant.&nbsp; James[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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