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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;HandsomeToad, post: 510353, member: 12965&quot;]Excellent point, Drusus! Here&#039;s a perfect example:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/1851-SILVER-DOLLAR-LIBERTY-INDIAN-HEAD-COIN_W0QQitemZ170297999774" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://cgi.ebay.com/1851-SILVER-DOLLAR-LIBERTY-INDIAN-HEAD-COIN_W0QQitemZ170297999774" rel="nofollow">http://cgi.ebay.com/1851-SILVER-DOLLAR-LIBERTY-INDIAN-HEAD-COIN_W0QQitemZ170297999774</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I know before I bid on something I don&#039;t know much about, I consult a price guide and when that doesn&#039;t show up in the price guide, it gives me concern but there could be someone that thinks it&#039;s so rare, it isn&#039;t in the PG so they bid on it thinking they are getting something special, when, in fact, it&#039;s garbage but we know that.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; So that one isn&#039;t a &quot;dangerous&quot; fake, but what about this one:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/1846-SILVER-DOLLAR-SEATED-LIBERTY-COIN_W0QQitemZ170298023997" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://cgi.ebay.com/1846-SILVER-DOLLAR-SEATED-LIBERTY-COIN_W0QQitemZ170298023997" rel="nofollow">http://cgi.ebay.com/1846-SILVER-DOLLAR-SEATED-LIBERTY-COIN_W0QQitemZ170298023997</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>That one is in the PG so that one has more potential of being dangerous but for us, we also know it&#039;s garbage.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; Then there is this one:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/1878-US-UNITED-STATES-SILVER-TRADE-DOLLAR-COIN_W0QQitemZ170298043487" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://cgi.ebay.com/1878-US-UNITED-STATES-SILVER-TRADE-DOLLAR-COIN_W0QQitemZ170298043487" rel="nofollow">http://cgi.ebay.com/1878-US-UNITED-STATES-SILVER-TRADE-DOLLAR-COIN_W0QQitemZ170298043487</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>That one is a little more deceptive but with a little education, it would easily be known for what it is, more garbage. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>But Ebay is full of this, from coins to electronics, so the only way to keep from being had is to be careful to buy only what you know, not what you want (which I violate sometimes).&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; I should have asked someone here about the little Athens Owl I bid on, before I bid, that way they could have saved me from getting taken but I went with judgment of the seller only (feedback included) and got scammed!&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; I hope I learned my lesson this time.&nbsp; :goofer:&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Ribbit&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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