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<p>[QUOTE="cplradar, post: 5378549, member: 108985"]I appreciate your thoughts on this, but I would like to make a correction. I did not offer conjecture. I don't need a police report and the burden is on the seller. The point you are making about Morgan dollars is valid, but it underlines the problem and offers no solution. The way this is handled in legitimate auction houses and markets is that the sales are recorded and the receipts are registered. David Kahn, for example, can tell you when he has gotten raw coins back of the same he has sold. He specializes in Bust Halfs. You start with today with the next coin that enters the shop from an unknown source. As a vendor, you ask, where does this coin come from. How did you acquire it. And you proceed from that point forward.</p><p><br /></p><p>Regardless, the preponderance of evidence in this case is that the vendor is not legit and the coins source is questionable. This is not really debatable. Ebay, as a a fact, and the vendor and the seller can all be on the hook, and YES, I have seen this play out in court many many times. It was part of my job. A coin of that value and rarity must be authenticated and researched. No amount of emotionalism changes that.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thank you for expressing your opinion. It allowed me to clarify what might not have been clear.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="cplradar, post: 5378549, member: 108985"]I appreciate your thoughts on this, but I would like to make a correction. I did not offer conjecture. I don't need a police report and the burden is on the seller. The point you are making about Morgan dollars is valid, but it underlines the problem and offers no solution. The way this is handled in legitimate auction houses and markets is that the sales are recorded and the receipts are registered. David Kahn, for example, can tell you when he has gotten raw coins back of the same he has sold. He specializes in Bust Halfs. You start with today with the next coin that enters the shop from an unknown source. As a vendor, you ask, where does this coin come from. How did you acquire it. And you proceed from that point forward. Regardless, the preponderance of evidence in this case is that the vendor is not legit and the coins source is questionable. This is not really debatable. Ebay, as a a fact, and the vendor and the seller can all be on the hook, and YES, I have seen this play out in court many many times. It was part of my job. A coin of that value and rarity must be authenticated and researched. No amount of emotionalism changes that. Thank you for expressing your opinion. It allowed me to clarify what might not have been clear.[/QUOTE]
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