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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2711324, member: 24314&quot;]IdesOfMarch01, posted: &quot;And of course, as usual, you cannot prove fact one about your assertion.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> <span style="color: #5900b3">I thought the fact that virtually ALL compositions of ancients were &quot;improved&quot; was <i>common knowledge - </i>even forty years ago.&nbsp; Guess that makes me <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie30" alt=":bucktooth:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> the ignorant one! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie85" alt=":smuggrin:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></span></p><p><span style="color: #5900b3"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #5900b3">The fact that <b>in the distant past, </b>gold coins were less &quot;worked&quot; than silver and copper was commonly &quot;improved&quot; does not change anything I posted. </span></p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;You don&#039;t know my dealer, you don&#039;t know his knowledge, you don&#039;t know his reputation, you don&#039;t me, you don&#039;t know my level of knowledge, you don&#039;t know my experience.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #5900b3">While this may be true,</span> <b><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0)">it has absolutely nothing to do with anything!&nbsp; </span></b><span style="color: #5900b3">You were misinformed about altered coins by that ancient coin &quot;expert.&quot;</span></p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;But you do know you&#039;re always right <span style="color: #5900b3">(how you came up with this is ...well?&nbsp; Nevermind <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie66" alt=":muted:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />)</span> and how to insult people you&#039;ve never met.&quot;&nbsp; <span style="color: #5900b3">I don&#039;t appreciate misinformation in my chosen field of numismatics. When I am responsible for it, I hope to heck I am corrected.&nbsp; That&#039;s what&#039;s important to me.&nbsp; I&#039;m a big boy and don&#039;t care how it&#039;s done as long as it is </span><span style="color: #ff0000">just words</span><span style="color: #5900b3">.</span><span style="color: #ff0000">&nbsp; &nbsp; </span></p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;You don&#039;t happen to work in the White House, do you?&quot;&nbsp; <span style="color: #ff0000">This appears to be a &quot;reportable&quot; borderline political crack <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie96" alt=":vomit:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie57" alt=":jawdrop:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie92" alt=":stop:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />from a ... </span></p><p><span style="color: #660000">SELF EDIT</span> <span style="color: #5900b3">...but it sure felt good to write what I removed.</span><span style="color: #ff0000"> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #ff0000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #ff0000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #ff0000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #ff0000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #ff0000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #ff0000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #ff0000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #ff0000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #ff0000"></span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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