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<p>[QUOTE="satootoko, post: 90935, member: 669"]If you buy it, and the green is only PVC you can remove it with an acetone bath and there probably wouldn't be any permanent damage, but if it is the start of verdigris then the coin has a fatal disease and will eventually end up as a corroded piece of junk. In other words green spots are a great big red flag.</p><p><br /></p><p>I can't speak for the entire forum, but my position on EBay is simple <ul> <li>Don't buy coins from China</li> <li>Don't buy coins from a seller without a good return policy</li> <li>Don't spend more than a couple of bucks including shipping for any coin unless you know enough about the series to form a reasonably accurate opinion of genuiness and grade</li> <li>Don't spend over $100 without thoroughly checking the Seller's feedback, knowing exactly what you are buying, obeying the other rules, and having enough expertise on the coin you are buying to answer questions about it, not ask them.</li> </ul><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="satootoko, post: 90935, member: 669"]If you buy it, and the green is only PVC you can remove it with an acetone bath and there probably wouldn't be any permanent damage, but if it is the start of verdigris then the coin has a fatal disease and will eventually end up as a corroded piece of junk. In other words green spots are a great big red flag. I can't speak for the entire forum, but my position on EBay is simple[list]Don't buy coins from China[*]Don't buy coins from a seller without a good return policy[*]Don't spend more than a couple of bucks including shipping for any coin unless you know enough about the series to form a reasonably accurate opinion of genuiness and grade[*]Don't spend over $100 without thoroughly checking the Seller's feedback, knowing exactly what you are buying, obeying the other rules, and having enough expertise on the coin you are buying to answer questions about it, not ask them.[/list][/QUOTE]
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