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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Owle, post: 763815, member: 22004&quot;]I guess I saw it as an early holdered coin, therefore conservatively graded when I bid on it. I figured it was worth the bid plus juice.&nbsp; The local coin dealer told me he thought the coin might have been &quot;switched&quot;, i.e. inserted into a bona fide holder illegally. He saw it as a problem coin, listing a number of problems, but in retrospect his analysis was probably biased since he didn&#039;t recognize the overstrike on Washington&#039;s head as such.&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Some coin dealers are experts in some areas but have blind spots in others. It&#039;s a hard, hard job, to sit behind display cases, deal with all questions all day about whether a given wheat cent or Sacagawea is worth more than face value, haggling over deals and trying to eke out a living, worry about security and so forth. I take my hat off for such brave souls who have the courage to run their shops on a daily basis.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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