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<p>[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 5142531, member: 101855"]My impression of antique shops as sources for coins is that they are overpriced about 98% of the time. The other 2% are spot-on with a minuscule amount for “cherry pick” because they don’t know what they have. </p><p><br /></p><p>Some of them are not concerned about authenticity. I once spotted a counterfeit Pillar Dollar that one had for sale. It was in a case, I could spot it from a foot away. They had no interest in withdrawing it from sale.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 5142531, member: 101855"]My impression of antique shops as sources for coins is that they are overpriced about 98% of the time. The other 2% are spot-on with a minuscule amount for “cherry pick” because they don’t know what they have. Some of them are not concerned about authenticity. I once spotted a counterfeit Pillar Dollar that one had for sale. It was in a case, I could spot it from a foot away. They had no interest in withdrawing it from sale.[/QUOTE]
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