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Ever been to one of "those" dealers?

messydeskmessydesk Posts: 20,897 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Gifted with a natural stink-eye.

(OK, it's not a dealer, but Tax Collectors, by Quentin Massys, ca. 1520s.)

John
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    moursundmoursund Posts: 3,207 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @coinsarefun said:
    I did this one so many years back and -posted it…….

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    Nice! What's that around his neck?

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    blaircountycoinblaircountycoin Posts: 279 ✭✭✭

    Only 1 in 20 or so dealers in my area are not like this!

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    logger7logger7 Posts: 10,008 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I like to deal with dealers who have had professional backgrounds before they got into coins, most enjoy the hobby and that is why they opened up the shop. It's a tough business with constant demands to not undervalue what they are selling, to not overvalue what they are buying.

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    rickoricko Posts: 98,721 ✭✭✭✭✭

    There used to be a couple of them in the PNW....at shops and shows... Did not deal with them. Cheers, RickO

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    crazyhounddogcrazyhounddog Posts: 14,269 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Yes a few times😂

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    DNADaveDNADave Posts: 7,350 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I think he’s palming a fiddy

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    coinbufcoinbuf Posts: 12,645 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Yep everywhere I go, maybe I need to dress better. :#

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    BryceMBryceM Posts: 11,941 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November 19, 2021 2:49PM

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    moursundmoursund Posts: 3,207 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @BryceM said:

    This is the exact look my wife gives me when I'm pointing out a die crack on a 200 year-old coin.

    At least she is looking...

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    kazkaz Posts: 9,407 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Yeah, my version of that painting would have an animated eye roll!

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    3stars3stars Posts: 2,309 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I've run into way more dealers like this...

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    messydeskmessydesk Posts: 20,897 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November 19, 2021 5:45PM

    @Walkerfan said:
    I like to avoid those types at all costs and YES I have certainly dealt with them. :D

    The painting below from the Louvre in Paris, France is by the same artist and was on a cover of a book about world coins that I received as a child. It definitely sparked my interest and was the Genesis of a lifelong Hobby. It is entitled 'Money changer and his wife'. It's not as menacing and nefarious. :o Ahh yes, Memories....

    According to the placard next to the painting at the Getty Museum, Massys' paintings were often a moral commentary on the subjects, and the menacing and nefarious looks of the tax collectors is no exception. Here's a coin that circulated during his youth in Brabant.

    And above the gold coin appears to be one of these.

    John
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    TiborTibor Posts: 3,801 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @blaircountycoin said:
    Only 1 in 20 or so dealers in my area are not like this!

    For me to hit 20 dealers that are not pawn shop owners and the like, true B+M
    or a large presence in a flea market, I would have to draw a 250 mile radius
    from where I live.

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    Silverado101Silverado101 Posts: 12 ✭

    @BryceM said:

    This is the exact look my wife gives me when I'm pointing out a die crack on a 200 year-old coin.

    LOL .........

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    Jzyskowski1Jzyskowski1 Posts: 6,649 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @messydesk said:

    @Walkerfan said:
    I like to avoid those types at all costs and YES I have certainly dealt with them. :D

    The painting below from the Louvre in Paris, France is by the same artist and was on a cover of a book about world coins that I received as a child. It definitely sparked my interest and was the Genesis of a lifelong Hobby. It is entitled 'Money changer and his wife'. It's not as menacing and nefarious. :o Ahh yes, Memories....

    According to the placard next to the painting at the Getty Museum, Massys' paintings were often a moral commentary on the subjects, and the menacing and nefarious looks of the tax collectors is no exception. Here's a coin that circulated during his youth in Brabant.

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