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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;moneyer12, post: 1330499, member: 28233&quot;]we have such conmen over here too, a few years ago a shop opened in my local town selling collectables, his banner proudly proclaimed we are the country&#039;s top buyer of coins, i wandered in one day to browse and a young woman came in with a victoria jubilee double florin, i was really interested as to what this guy offered her as from my first look i could tell it was the incuse 1 variety and worth considerably more than other varieties. he then began his spiel about how the coin was common? and that they weren&#039;t really popular with collectors? he then offered £3 yes £3 i couldn&#039;t help myself but intervene and at that time i was trading and a member of the british numismatic trade association which is our regulatory body. i challenged this shyster to identify which variant of the double florin it was and he obviously couldn&#039;t, to his annoyance i made the woman a spot offer of £100 cash as the coin was quite a rare die variety and in any case double florins were highly prized by collectors. the guy blew a gasket and ordered me out of the shop threatening physical harm, but i calmly left taking the young woman by the arm and making her leave with me. she was delighted to hand the coin to me for the £100 and ok i made a profit from it&#039;s re-sale but i was happy to stop an unknowing person from being ripped off. from that day i made it my mission to drive this person out of business and succeeded 3 months later following a lengthy complaints procedure with the local business license office.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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