Sort of funny and I'm starting to understand CaptHenway.
keets
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CaptHenway always does those threads about "Why Coin Dealers drink" and after yesterday's funny little incident I know a bit more about why. Let me explain.
I get a call early in the day from a guy who says he has a $100 Confederate note and I explained that it is probably counterfeit. He tells me that it came to him from his father who got it from his father and that he's pretty sure it's real, can he bring it in for us to check. Certainly, I told him, and I gave him directions to the store. A few hours later this guy materializes before me with a little plastic holder containing about a dozen or so pieces of currency and he hands me the Confederate note. I gave it a quick glance, told him I'd be right back and walked to my boss. He took the note, flipped it over and handed it to me with the word "Fake" rolling off his lips. When I asked how he knew so quickly he showed me the fine print that said Fascimile down in the lower left corner.
After a good belly laugh I went back with the note and laughed with the owner. The morale of the story for me is to look things over before I embarrass myself next time.
Al H.
I get a call early in the day from a guy who says he has a $100 Confederate note and I explained that it is probably counterfeit. He tells me that it came to him from his father who got it from his father and that he's pretty sure it's real, can he bring it in for us to check. Certainly, I told him, and I gave him directions to the store. A few hours later this guy materializes before me with a little plastic holder containing about a dozen or so pieces of currency and he hands me the Confederate note. I gave it a quick glance, told him I'd be right back and walked to my boss. He took the note, flipped it over and handed it to me with the word "Fake" rolling off his lips. When I asked how he knew so quickly he showed me the fine print that said Fascimile down in the lower left corner.
After a good belly laugh I went back with the note and laughed with the owner. The morale of the story for me is to look things over before I embarrass myself next time.
Al H.
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I don't know if it is wishful thinking, if they were told so by a family member or if they think it will sway my opinion.
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<< <i>Keets... I am glad the owner of the note laughed with you.... In my past experiences when showing someone they have a fake/counterfeit etc coin/note, they usually get angry or indignant.... often with the claim "It has been in the family for generations."..... I always try to be diplomatic and gentle, but 98% of the time it does not work. Cheers, RickO >>
Yeah. You should have seen the look on a pseudo dealer's face at a recent club meeting, when he tried to offer a facsimile C.S.A. note as genuine in the club auction, and a veteran paper money dealer discreetly pointed out the word facsimile on the margin before the auction started. The pseudo dealer took it as a smack down.
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of counterfeit Confederate currency.
A fascinating subject!
I drink too...