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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3577114, member: 19463&quot;]My numbers are similar except I started a decade earlier but took off a decade while my wife was not working and I was &#039;sole breadwinner&#039;.&nbsp; I have a similar number of fakes that were a surprise to me THAT I KNOW OF but assume I made that number of errors of which I remain ignorant.&nbsp; I have a half dozen coins I would not sell to any of you (with few exceptions) because of my lingering doubts.&nbsp; My most expensive coin was well under $2000 but I agree with the &#039;in hand&#039; requirement for expensive coins.&nbsp; I also agree with the &quot;the good old MK 1 eyeball and a good lens&quot; concept except I believe you need to add reliance on &#039;gut feeling&#039;.&nbsp; I don&#039;t need evidence to walk away from a coin that just does not strike me as right without any reason beyond a feeling deep inside.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I oppose Capital Punishment for coins and consider branding Cruel and Unusual.&nbsp; I will point out that most of you would have destroyed that first coin of Domitianus II which was considered a fake for a century until the second one showed up in a hoard casting new light on the subject. I want no part of being hated by collectors of the next century because I thought I knew everything about anything.&nbsp; I also will point out that some of us would love to have some unmarked examples of Cavino, Becker etc. productions which now have a market value greater than 90% of the genuine ancient coins (counting LRB&#039;s it might be 99%).&nbsp; History is calling and asks we keep our opinions reversible.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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