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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;davidh, post: 525087, member: 15062&quot;]My Opinion...</p><p><br /></p><p>This reference to the attempted sales described in the OP&#039;s first post.&nbsp; Why do we assume that everyone who is in possession of an old coin (or stamp or currency) or large collection knows everything there is to know about them?</p><p><br /></p><p>There are any number of (legal) ways someone can come into old valuables.&nbsp; They could have collected them themselves, they could have inherited them, they could have received them as a gift, they could have simply thought they were a good buy in a flea market, etc.&nbsp; We shouldn&#039;t assume that when these items are presented for sale that the seller really knows anything at all about them.&nbsp; Their total knowledge may have come from TV ad - coins=valuable.</p><p><br /></p><p>The seller may have come over as stupid, or naive, or a con man but regardless, he deserved no less respect or service than someone known to the shop keeper who has done thousands in prior business.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I know clembo wasn&#039;t trying to show disrespect for the man, but it did come off that way.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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