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Numismatic Batman? Or Buddinski?

If you know, definitively, that a coin being offered by a major dealer is not what it is purported to be (I'm being vague on purpose - but it is really, really not what it is purported to be) what would you do?

a) Whistle and look at your shoes.

b) Pry your massive nose into someone else's affairs.

c) Go ice skating with your children and hope that the problem resolves itself.

d) Shake your head, get disgusted, and realize that numismatics ain't any different now than its ever been and you, Mr. Ordinary Joe, are not the Batman of the numismtic world flitting around in some goofy-ass outfit righting wrongs (Biff!) and solving the world's problems.

Thank you, thank you very much.




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  • mojoriznmojorizn Posts: 1,380
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    I believe...contacting the seller would be the right thing to do. Perhaps they are unaware. That would be my FIRST step anyway.

    Mojo
    "I am the wilderness that is lost in man."
    -Jim Morrison-
    Mr. Mojorizn

    my blog:www.numistories.com
  • MrEurekaMrEureka Posts: 24,241 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I'm being vague on purpose - but it is really, really not what it is purported to be

    You can tell us. We'll keep it quiet!
    Andy Lustig

    Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.

    Visit the Society of US Pattern Collectors at USPatterns.com.
  • GeminiGemini Posts: 3,085
    With the internet and the message boards of today any collector can seek help and ask questions before making a purchase.
    We can't be a Batman all the time trying to save people from making stupid purchases.
    The unknowing have to learn how to do some homework and help themselves.


    A thing of beauty is a joy for ever
  • RELLARELLA Posts: 961 ✭✭✭
    b), thank you...and I prefer the term GARGANTUAN; massive just doesn't cut it.

    RELLA
    Do not fall into the error of the artisan
    who boasts of twenty years experience in his craft
    while in fact he has had only one year of experience...
    twenty times.
  • You can't save everyone. If it was something truly ridiculous (I have no idea who and what you're talking about), I would assume the seller already knows.

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