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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kaparthy, post: 20777, member: 57463&quot;]As one industry insider put it, &quot;I would rather get cheated out of $100 an a $100 item than to never have the chance to gamble on a $10,000 one.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>We see the same thing in Ancients all the time.&nbsp; Those &quot;uncleaned lots&quot; of Roman coins go like hotcakes.&nbsp; I assure you from personal experience, they are SEARCHED withou being cleaned.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>This is what I did for Mercury Dimes.&nbsp; I went to a large dealer in a larger town whom I knew and (more to the point) who I knew knew me.&nbsp; I asked him when it would be not too much trouble for me to search through a bag of common date Mercs so that I could fill in a Whitman to see how many I could find.&nbsp; He let me find some time at his convenience.</p><p><br /></p><p>Collectors do not understand how easy it is to search coins.&nbsp; Collectors take out 14x loupes.&nbsp; Dealers do it bare-eyed at 100 coins a minute.&nbsp; Anything interesting can be set aside for later.&nbsp; So, any dealer&#039;s bag of Wheaties or Mercs is not going to have keys, or early dates in high grade, etc., etc.&nbsp; You get what you pay for.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, realize that that statement is a two-edged sword.&nbsp; In other words, let&#039;s say you do this a couple of times are now upgrading some slots in that Whitman.&nbsp; Do you really think that a VF is truly worth more than a Fine, if you can find them both in a junk bag?&nbsp; Collecting is a hobby.&nbsp; Enjoy yourself.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Michael[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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