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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;fyrzout, post: 1386396, member: 17168&quot;]That IS a good question, and something the media didn&#039;t cover, for the most part.&nbsp; Here&#039;s the unmentioned information that might help answer your question:</p><p><br /></p><p>Garry had actually wondered if the coin &quot;might&quot; be real after he bought it and did some research (he was not a collector prior to buying the coin).&nbsp; He says in 1980 he showed the coin to a dealer in New Jersey (where he lived at the time), and the dealer looked briefly at it, told him it was not real, and handed it back to him.&nbsp; Garry told me he showed it to another dealer in 1996 and that dealer told him he really was not sure either way.&nbsp; So apparently he DID try to satisfy his curiousity on a couple of occasions.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>As to how he came to Martin&#039;s with the coin, Garry&#039;s wife Linda says Garry was talking about the coin with a friend of Linda&#039;s, and she told him to bring it in to Martin&#039;s Coins-that he was the most knowledgeable and honest dealer in the area.&nbsp; So they took a trip up to the store from Salisbury, VT (about an hour or so away) and came to see us with it!&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Pretty amazing story, and the coin is incredible in person!&nbsp; I hope this additional information addresses some of these questions.</p><p><br /></p><p>John[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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