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<p>[QUOTE="kaparthy, post: 1014952, member: 57463"]The coin store did not (necessarily) grade this coin. They bought it with the writing on the 2x2. </p><p><br /></p><p>It is <b>your responsibility to grade the coin</b> and offer a buy based on the grade you give it. </p><p><br /></p><p>The same thing happened to me back in 1993. Sitting at the counter, looking at Barber Dimes, talking to the store owner, I set them aside based on the 2x2s. When I got home and realized what I bought, I went to Edmund Scientific and spent the same amount of money on magnifiers. The dealer did not grade the coins. They were in all kinds of cardboard and plastic. It was my responsibility to know what I was buying.</p><p><br /></p><p>The dealer was an old friend and I just posted a memoriam to the E-Sylum last week <a href="http://www.coinbooks.org/club_nbs_esylum_v13n39.html#article20" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinbooks.org/club_nbs_esylum_v13n39.html#article20" rel="nofollow">(read here)</a>.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="kaparthy, post: 1014952, member: 57463"]The coin store did not (necessarily) grade this coin. They bought it with the writing on the 2x2. It is [B]your responsibility to grade the coin[/B] and offer a buy based on the grade you give it. The same thing happened to me back in 1993. Sitting at the counter, looking at Barber Dimes, talking to the store owner, I set them aside based on the 2x2s. When I got home and realized what I bought, I went to Edmund Scientific and spent the same amount of money on magnifiers. The dealer did not grade the coins. They were in all kinds of cardboard and plastic. It was my responsibility to know what I was buying. The dealer was an old friend and I just posted a memoriam to the E-Sylum last week [URL="http://www.coinbooks.org/club_nbs_esylum_v13n39.html#article20"](read here)[/URL].[/QUOTE]
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