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<p>[QUOTE="Paddy54, post: 3660225, member: 19250"]Your statements are 100% correct by my standards.</p><p>The TPG do rule... and that does not make me happy.</p><p>In the 60's besides finding a 50 D nickel in change lol....one could possibly find a 16 D in my collection bag was all silver dimes,quarters, halfs.... not uncommon to find war nickels worn as well buffalos. In my pocket a rubber banded wad of bills ,</p><p>U.S. notes, silvery cert. So yes the 1960's and a good part of the 70's finding sweet coins .</p><p>But like other things in life one can deciede to either follow the pack or travel your own road.....I place little faith in TPG. Yes I own slabs but more so own what's inside as I only buy a slab if everything aligns. I buy what MY eyes say....I just posted a few days ago this yes I've been fooled on 2 gold coins yes they were real gold...no they were fake!</p><p>I know alot of dealers if I asked them have they ever been taken by a fake coin?</p><p>If they said no I be unlikely to buy from them....as no matter how good you believe yourself to be...there's always a chance back then as well present day to buy or be sold a fake.</p><p>At the end of the day it's a hobby..it should be fun! However it's only fun if you have some sort of knowlege .</p><p>The YN 's in this forum no matter age need to realize this hobby requires One to learn..now if putting little round disc in an album is your thing, and you believe that your a collector....well you are....by definition ,but your limiting yourself and time spent in this hobby. You'll soon tire and loose interest.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Paddy54, post: 3660225, member: 19250"]Your statements are 100% correct by my standards. The TPG do rule... and that does not make me happy. In the 60's besides finding a 50 D nickel in change lol....one could possibly find a 16 D in my collection bag was all silver dimes,quarters, halfs.... not uncommon to find war nickels worn as well buffalos. In my pocket a rubber banded wad of bills , U.S. notes, silvery cert. So yes the 1960's and a good part of the 70's finding sweet coins . But like other things in life one can deciede to either follow the pack or travel your own road.....I place little faith in TPG. Yes I own slabs but more so own what's inside as I only buy a slab if everything aligns. I buy what MY eyes say....I just posted a few days ago this yes I've been fooled on 2 gold coins yes they were real gold...no they were fake! I know alot of dealers if I asked them have they ever been taken by a fake coin? If they said no I be unlikely to buy from them....as no matter how good you believe yourself to be...there's always a chance back then as well present day to buy or be sold a fake. At the end of the day it's a hobby..it should be fun! However it's only fun if you have some sort of knowlege . The YN 's in this forum no matter age need to realize this hobby requires One to learn..now if putting little round disc in an album is your thing, and you believe that your a collector....well you are....by definition ,but your limiting yourself and time spent in this hobby. You'll soon tire and loose interest.[/QUOTE]
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