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<p>[QUOTE="Insider, post: 3225435, member: 24314"]Conder101, posted: "Sounds like a good solution to me.</p><p><b>It probably came about</b> shortly after the first 1998 Close AM cents were discovered which I think was around 2002. It was the result of typical lazyness short hand where close AM became Close AM and then CAM. I don't think it was a conscious choice to use an existing abbreviation to mean a second thing as much as an obvious shorthand that just happened to be the same as an abbreviation that had a different meaning."</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for your comment. I disagree. All kinds of "new guys" enter numismatics daily. We don't need them making up things for "new discoveries" before they learn the territory. I'll admit I am very isolated but I would hope I would have seen/heard "CAM" mistakenly used for "Close AM" somewhere since 2002! I would have ridiculed the <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie30" alt=":bucktooth:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> user unmercifully. </p><p><br /></p><p>Pickin and Grinin, posted: "Not making a mistake again doesn't cover the loss of money. (taken, misinformed or not) Either way, The buyer should be compensated.</p><p>As a business owner, taking a loss hurts. It's the best way for management to get a handle on the situation. And out of due respect, I would offer it to them. And let them make the decision."</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is the thing. In an ideal <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie14" alt=":angelic:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> world full of happiness and sweets there would be no "label errors." Any coins slabbed with a mistake would be the responsibility of the TPGS. Ideally, TPGS's give us some sort of protection.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: #ff0000">We don't live in an ideal world.</span></b> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> What happens is up to the TPGS, what we think does not matter. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Insider, post: 3225435, member: 24314"]Conder101, posted: "Sounds like a good solution to me. [B]It probably came about[/B] shortly after the first 1998 Close AM cents were discovered which I think was around 2002. It was the result of typical lazyness short hand where close AM became Close AM and then CAM. I don't think it was a conscious choice to use an existing abbreviation to mean a second thing as much as an obvious shorthand that just happened to be the same as an abbreviation that had a different meaning." Thanks for your comment. I disagree. All kinds of "new guys" enter numismatics daily. We don't need them making up things for "new discoveries" before they learn the territory. I'll admit I am very isolated but I would hope I would have seen/heard "CAM" mistakenly used for "Close AM" somewhere since 2002! I would have ridiculed the :bucktooth: user unmercifully. Pickin and Grinin, posted: "Not making a mistake again doesn't cover the loss of money. (taken, misinformed or not) Either way, The buyer should be compensated. As a business owner, taking a loss hurts. It's the best way for management to get a handle on the situation. And out of due respect, I would offer it to them. And let them make the decision." Here is the thing. In an ideal :angelic: world full of happiness and sweets there would be no "label errors." Any coins slabbed with a mistake would be the responsibility of the TPGS. Ideally, TPGS's give us some sort of protection. [B][COLOR=#ff0000]We don't live in an ideal world.[/COLOR][/B] :( What happens is up to the TPGS, what we think does not matter. :p[/QUOTE]
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