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<p>[QUOTE="chrsmat71, post: 1915831, member: 42634"]the last coin show i was at....that was exactly my problem. poor lighting, coin in a flip with staples, couldn't get it the right distance from my eye to see it very clearnly..and didn't quite grasp how much all of the above factors were messing with my perception. brought home this coin for 11 bucks...</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/102_4331_zps9f390b17.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/102_4331_zps9f390b17.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg513/chrsmat71/102_4331_zps9f390b17.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/102_4333_zpsa40ee546.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/102_4333_zpsa40ee546.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg513/chrsmat71/102_4333_zpsa40ee546.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p> </p><p>this is a fantasy piece from about 10 years ago. didn't know they made these, but it should have been plain as day that is wasn't a coin from the early 19th century. when i got home, it was plain as day. i would have paid 1 buck for it. so i guess got a 10 buck lesson on how bad my vision is.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="chrsmat71, post: 1915831, member: 42634"]the last coin show i was at....that was exactly my problem. poor lighting, coin in a flip with staples, couldn't get it the right distance from my eye to see it very clearnly..and didn't quite grasp how much all of the above factors were messing with my perception. brought home this coin for 11 bucks... [URL=http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/102_4331_zps9f390b17.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg513/chrsmat71/102_4331_zps9f390b17.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/102_4333_zpsa40ee546.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg513/chrsmat71/102_4333_zpsa40ee546.jpg[/IMG][/URL] this is a fantasy piece from about 10 years ago. didn't know they made these, but it should have been plain as day that is wasn't a coin from the early 19th century. when i got home, it was plain as day. i would have paid 1 buck for it. so i guess got a 10 buck lesson on how bad my vision is.[/QUOTE]
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