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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;IdesOfMarch01, post: 2375070, member: 39084&quot;]Doug&#039;s response demonstrates a very valuable lesson:</p><p><br /></p><p>While it&#039;s not always successful, searching the above website prior to a purchase (<a href="http://www.acsearch.info" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.acsearch.info" rel="nofollow">www.acsearch.info</a>) for a specific coin, or similar coins, is always worthwhile.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><font size="4">It takes only a few minutes and in this case, would have disclosed the information that the coin had been </font>artificially re-patinated to deceive and inflate its price (by about $1,200 - $1,500).</p><p><br /></p><p>Personally, I couldn&#039;t care less about what, if any, &quot;patina&quot; that a coin has.&nbsp; As long as the coin does not appear to have been artificially manipulated, the patina is (to me) irrelevant.&nbsp; I&#039;m not saying I don&#039;t admire a nice patina, just that it has no effect on the coin&#039;s value to me.&nbsp; In a choice between two coins, all other things being equal, I would not pay extra for any type of patina.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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