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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jhonn, post: 265155, member: 5418&quot;]I was driving to pick up something from a friend the other day, and as I was driving there, I noticed a coin store I&#039;ve never seen before (mostly because I never drive as far as I did down this particular road). I pulled into the lot and decided to go in because I needed new, non-PVC flips after my recent green-gunk infestation. The two dealers (brothers, actually) were very nice and helpful and had the flips I needed, but when started to look at their ancients and world coins, I was appalled. None of their ancients were attributed, and were thus overpriced. For example, most just said, &quot;Byzantine, $50&quot; or &quot;Roman, $60.&quot; How can you charge that much when you aren&#039;t even going to bother researching what it actually is!</p><p><br /></p><p>And then the world coins...common-date, heavily-circulated, and EXTREMELY overpriced. I saw an Australian silver 3d coin (a common-date from the 30&#039;s) labeled as an AU but in reality a F or XF at best, for $40! I saw circulated, base-metal, Soviet Russia coins from the 1980&#039;s for $10-$20! In addition, I saw many more common silver coins going for $100 or more. I know ALL could be easily acquired for just a few bucks a pop at ANY coin show, and I know this because I collect world coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>But what really irked me? Bad copies (mostly silver, I assume) of crown-sized Spanish and Portuguese coins NOT LABELED AS COPIES and several Austrian Mint Maria Theresa re-strikes NOT LABELED AS RESTRIKES for $70-$120 PER COIN! The Maria Theresa coins had the &quot;S.F.&quot; below the bust, clearly identifying it as a modern re-strike, and yet the 2x2 was labeled, &quot;1780 thaler, $80.&quot; IS THIS NOT EXTREMELY UNETHICAL!?!</p><p><br /></p><p>Obviously, all collectors should be educated about their purchases, but c&#039;mon! If they are members of the PNG or even the ANA, I think their membership should be seriously reconsidered.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyone else have similar stories? I also have to add that their display cases were not organized in the least, and finding a particular coin (say, a proof 1982 dime) would&#039;ve proven to be quite difficult and time-consuming...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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