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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bradley Trotter, post: 7869357, member: 101226&quot;]That reminds me of my most recent visit to my Grandparents this past summer. Here&#039;s my best recollection of events from when my Grandfather told me he bought a &quot;graded&quot; ancient coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>My Grandfather: Hey Brad, I bought this graded ancient coin on eBay.</p><p><br /></p><p>Me: What is it?</p><p><br /></p><p>My Grandfather: I don&#039;t know; it doesn&#039;t say so on the slab (he overlooks &quot;authentic&quot; ancient bronze coin).</p><p><br /></p><p>Me: What does it look like?</p><p><br /></p><p>My Grandfather: It&#039;s smooth. I can&#039;t tell the front from the back (he has bad eyesight, for that matter).</p><p><br /></p><p>Me: Can I see the listing on your iPad? (he hands me the Ipad)</p><p><br /></p><p>Me: I hate to break it to you, but you just wasted your money.</p><p><br /></p><p>My Grandfather: (looks at me incredulously) What?????? (imagine this in the loudest indoor voice possible)</p><p><br /></p><p>Me: First off, the coin is an unidentifiable slug. There&#039;s nothing here to tell whether it&#039;s Roman or if it&#039;s even a coin, for that matter.</p><p><br /></p><p>Me: Second, INB is a notorious self-slabber.</p><p><br /></p><p>Me: I go into a long monologue about the practices of self-slabbers and the dubious nature of INB.</p><p><br /></p><p>My Grandfather: Doesn&#039;t matter. It&#039;s still graded. He still had to pay to have it graded.</p><p><br /></p><p>Me:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="https://www.cnet.com/a/img/bvlCFKZmk9ztu2MqkSUf6YgaxZw=/1200x675/2019/05/22/1b710a6b-5f4d-4987-a046-c23674b221a3/picard-meme-facepalm.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>My Grandmother: Harold (in a slightly angry and shrill voice), perhaps you should ask Brad before bidding on this sort of thing.</p><p><br /></p><p>Me: I agree with her perh.........</p><p><br /></p><p>My Grandfather: unintelligible.....</p><p><br /></p><p>My Grandmother: unintelligible........</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/geFP9cglPOo/maxresdefault.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Silence.......</p><p><br /></p><p>My Grandfather: Well, I guess I&#039;ll be more careful about bidding on &quot;ancient&quot; coins from now on.</p><p><br /></p><p>Me: That&#039;s a good idea. Just be sure not to bid on any coins graded by &quot;INB&quot; from now on. There are only a few dealers on eBay I&#039;d recommend for ancient coins (casually mentions Victor&#039;s Imperial Coins &amp; Romae Aeternae Numismatics)</p><p><br /></p><p>Me: (Silently in my head) I don&#039;t think he had his hearing aids in when I said that.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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