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Message:: [QUOTE="rickmp, post: 1498226, member: 28047"]What it comes down to Rascal is that every time you respond to someone asking about their "error" coin, you chime in with something that sounds as though you are the ultimate arbiter of what is and isn't an error coin, and that your decision is final and should not ever be questioned by anyone, professional or amateur, old-timer or newcomer. Mike wrote "This is a well-executed fake, in my opinion."  Based on two very poor quality pictures, even he would not state that it was a fake. He stated that he believes it's a fake. Mike is a respected expert in the field, and would never make the kind of statement you made based on those two photos. Based on those same two photos, you said that, without question, without doubt, that it was, in fact, a fake. Of those two posts, one was made with humility, the other with pomposity. I know the difference, do you? No, Rascal, I did not, nor will I ever, say that I know more than you do. I might, though, but I will never say it. No, I cannot explain how that coin may have come to look like that, nor can I offer an opinion. Does that somehow make you more knowledgeable than me? Do you feel like the bigger man? Do you feel more important? I will say this, though, unlike you, I know the difference between opinion and fact. And, unlike you, I would never put my opinion out there as fact.[/QUOTE]