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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3153394, member: 19463&quot;]Perhaps Heritage was going on the theory that anyone bidding on a coin in this price bracket would either have viewed the coin in person or had someone with sense acting as agent at the sale.&nbsp; I believe someone here recently and correctly gave this advice.&nbsp; Those who buy $10 coins can&#039;t play by the same rules as those who buy the $10k items.&nbsp; I find those two photos taken together tell me a lot more about the coin than either of them separately.&nbsp; Other than the color and the missing plastic, the light comes from opposite direction and has very different qualities.&nbsp; Together, they make it obvious that the coin was a winner.&nbsp; I might feel sory for the seller but they made the decision as to how the coin was to be sold.&nbsp; I hope you will find it pleasing for many years to come. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The history of the English language is an interesting study.&nbsp; 150 years ago, there were grammar policemen in England that felt American English had more purity points than most of the dialects they suffered to hear in the UK.&nbsp; American English has suffered from the demand for being understood by people for whom English was a second (or fifth?) language and native speakers who knew less about language than the average ESL user.&nbsp;&nbsp; The language changes on what would seem a daily basis and many of us can tell where and when others learned the language from our quirks.&nbsp; Change is not always bad but there is something to be said for being able to understand and be understood.&nbsp; That said, I will go to my grave using the English Subjunctive even though it seems most people today no longer recognize the term.&nbsp; </p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]RBHZFYpQ6nc[/MEDIA]</p><p><br /></p><p>If we understand the intended meaning based on what was said and what we expect from the speaker/writer, there is no reason to point out the variations.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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