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<p>[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1212322, member: 26302"]I have mixed feeling about this situation. First, I feel bad for the pawn shop owner. However, thinking about it, I would like to know what shape they were in. If they were in folders, I am assuming uncirculated. Some probably were "rare" dates, (had they been real), so if these coins were real we might have been looking at 10-20k worth of Morgans. If that is the case, I am quite happy that pawn shop got taken, since it serves them right for being little better than a "gold show" ripoff artist.</p><p><br /></p><p>Maybe the pawn shop owner shouldn't have been so greedy and called in a coin expert. If the coins were real he might have had to pay more, but at least they would have known they were real. This transaction stinks both ways if my assumptions are right.</p><p><br /></p><p>Chris</p><p><br /></p><p>P.S. I don't have a problem with a man making money, but if these were real and a little old lady selling them, I think the pawn shop would be ripping her off big time, and they are supposed to be the experts.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 1212322, member: 26302"]I have mixed feeling about this situation. First, I feel bad for the pawn shop owner. However, thinking about it, I would like to know what shape they were in. If they were in folders, I am assuming uncirculated. Some probably were "rare" dates, (had they been real), so if these coins were real we might have been looking at 10-20k worth of Morgans. If that is the case, I am quite happy that pawn shop got taken, since it serves them right for being little better than a "gold show" ripoff artist. Maybe the pawn shop owner shouldn't have been so greedy and called in a coin expert. If the coins were real he might have had to pay more, but at least they would have known they were real. This transaction stinks both ways if my assumptions are right. Chris P.S. I don't have a problem with a man making money, but if these were real and a little old lady selling them, I think the pawn shop would be ripping her off big time, and they are supposed to be the experts.[/QUOTE]
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