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Message:: [QUOTE="900fine, post: 440105, member: 6036"]It's not the folks who know nothing, but the ones who supposedly are experts that sometimes ruffle my feathers. I'm at a coin show, asking to look at this dealer's Indian $2.5s. "Which ones would you like to see ?" he asks (he's got maybe 15). "All of 'em" I say. He smiles and digs 'em out. I'm genuinely interested in a few of them. I get to his only 1911-D, a PCGS MS61. But it's AU55 in my world. What's more, the "D" mintmark is absolutely invisible, even under a 16x loupe. We both knew this is THE key coin of the series and many have very weak mint marks. They are slabbed "Weak D" and sold at major discounts. So I mention "I can't see the mintmark". He looks it over and says "Sure you can". We went back and forth twice more. Deep inside, that irritated me just a bit. I don't like being told what I can and cannot see. I made a little small talk about the weather and the Houston Astros, then ambled off. No harsh words. But it left a little bad taste in my mouth. No big deal.[/QUOTE]