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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;omahaorange, post: 1533715, member: 28199&quot;]I think this explains the OP&#039;s relationship with this particular dealer:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m guessing this isn&#039;t a very &quot;productive business relationship&quot; for the dealer in question.&nbsp; It&#039;s an honest mistake by the OP; he looked at the coin in hand, didn&#039;t ask questions, and bought it hoping it would grade into a higher price. It didn&#039;t, so he wants the dealer to take the hit.&nbsp; No accountability for his own action, an &quot;I messed up, it can&#039;t be my fault, get me out of it now&quot; mentality.&nbsp; There was nothing that said the dealer misrepresented the coin, other than he didn&#039;t point out (maybe because he didn&#039;t notice either?) that the coin was whizzed.&nbsp; But the OP didn&#039;t notice it either.&nbsp; And I gather he wasn&#039;t forced to buy the coin, but did so voluntarily.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ll say this because I don&#039;t look at coin collecting as an investment, anymore than my woodworking hobby is an investment: If you want to rely on a coin show vendor to be your &quot;numismatic investment adviser&quot;, maybe you should think about other investment opportunities.&nbsp; These dealers are not investment counselors, they are retail sellers looking to turn a profit.</p><p><br /></p><p>Had the OP purchased this coin from eBay, and showed the auction, listing pictures, and photos after he received it, he would have a valid argument, and I would tend to be a little more sympathetic to his dilemma.&nbsp; But he didn&#039;t, he purchased it by examining the actual coin, in hand.&nbsp; His failure to properly evaluate the coin before paying for it is the cause of his issue, not the vendor ripping him off.&nbsp; Back to your investment comment, if you want to make money buying and selling coins, <i>you really need to know what you&#039;re looking at</i>.&nbsp; The dealer is in this to make a profit, don&#039;t expect him to cut his own throat so you can make money.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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