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<p>[QUOTE="V. Kurt Bellman, post: 3135115, member: 71723"]Oh I'm flexible, but I also live in a VASTLY different numismatic world from the typical coin show circuit dealer. I see raw coins, GREAT coins, IMPORTANT coins, on a week in and week out basis. Many have not been bought or sold, just held, for decades and decades. I've seen, at a little old small town coin show (Lancaster, PA) an MS65 or better 1916-D dime, RAW!!! And there was a Farran Zerbe Award winner present to authenticate it, along with one of the finest numismatic writers known (two different people). THIS is the world in which I ply this hobby.</p><p><br /></p><p>My former neighbors are frugal to a fault, and more secretive about what they have than the NSA is. Pennsylvania farmhouses tend to be treasure troves of coins that have never been seen by the dealer network. Then these guys die, and what happens next depends on the heirs.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="V. Kurt Bellman, post: 3135115, member: 71723"]Oh I'm flexible, but I also live in a VASTLY different numismatic world from the typical coin show circuit dealer. I see raw coins, GREAT coins, IMPORTANT coins, on a week in and week out basis. Many have not been bought or sold, just held, for decades and decades. I've seen, at a little old small town coin show (Lancaster, PA) an MS65 or better 1916-D dime, RAW!!! And there was a Farran Zerbe Award winner present to authenticate it, along with one of the finest numismatic writers known (two different people). THIS is the world in which I ply this hobby. My former neighbors are frugal to a fault, and more secretive about what they have than the NSA is. Pennsylvania farmhouses tend to be treasure troves of coins that have never been seen by the dealer network. Then these guys die, and what happens next depends on the heirs.[/QUOTE]
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