| Contenuto dell'articolo |
- From michael.briggs9@btinternet.com Sat Jan 21 07:27:02 2012
Return-Path: <michael.briggs9@btinternet.com>
X-Sender: michael.briggs9@btinternet.com
X-Apparently-To: colonial-coins@yahoogroups.com
X-Received: (qmail 93041 invoked from network); 21 Jan 2012 15:27:02 -0000
X-Received: from unknown (98.137.34.44)
by m15.grp.sp2.yahoo.com with QMQP; 21 Jan 2012 15:27:02 -0000
X-Received: from unknown (HELO nm2.bt.bullet.mail.ukl.yahoo.com) (217.146.183.200)
by mta1.grp.sp2.yahoo.com with SMTP; 21 Jan 2012 15:27:01 -0000
X-Received: from [217.146.183.195] by nm2.bt.bullet.mail.ukl.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 21 Jan 2012 15:27:00 -0000
X-Received: from [217.146.183.205] by tm1.bt.bullet.mail.ukl.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 21 Jan 2012 15:27:00 -0000
X-Received: from [127.0.0.1] by omp1003.bt.mail.ukl.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 21 Jan 2012 15:27:00 -0000
X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3
X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 29030.9813.bm@omp1003.bt.mail.ukl.yahoo.com
X-Received: (qmail 35141 invoked by uid 60001); 21 Jan 2012 15:26:59 -0000
X-YMail-OSG: botgWAMVM1kRW3T8LXHGiwU0oah6KOQtlkNU0TfUtX71R_B
vPCvf9mX1Sf.78ifidv8pfDGEuIXo0ahTeRROKTg5T.TVO6CCLOWuAMwc13t
UQlE1DZKamOmbr4O1pp34vJMeXn31m5_b2MR_e8s4wzmayGh7NorUx29GXLT
p3ifGVbVCPnM0J1gQCTS.OHJqGxKMEwSfoTwUUefpOLmH36uNCe8rBtDEqyZ
5TBfgFa7WXPfUHIaxonRznD10WAOSJde.2QaA8aGmV5D5LDxogOOgyzCdgzJ
EfY47qjyS_CLgjGq5qrTlNBxggk3mB2tro2d1Cp4cHfeeS.up8wzHwedu7As
1WYBJCk3Q1ZY5ROnUpKk.QGL9dVzXlEoV7LmalKNufZX464zh9x6DfO29fDf
K.Hn2hYGzzC8FeBBrpycAbPljSETWLnC_B.CiL_vbRMlZqsVTisGv6k86K6G
aA1UXeO6d8zCQstU_Cyez12bdkiJgg2qF3su0TC7Hippbew0fB_4NjMALXOu
3NCEXBMxTmwjQWDSWVpLxv2mv8989jmYUdeoAjXLfYsFYySFKFs_Pz5Z6L.g
781uOHnZhSLdD5ZkvGJD5SzXuGgoFbcW0YEnK9vZVFyBO1Ep6x5Hsr__ouXB
lAC8kadqJj2zw2yQvGrYQiskxrvvUUczxYEW7MTaKG1zsDAYE7hDJOjNbKJ7
4nCOuF5mLXmZxjbKyx2_TQlElhl9VfGWQIgt7ai.okMramRim.AJt6a5sdjl
ItcsOdxRXV1WZwW58vxktkwqhTwt9sAnH49bnUanNniR5lO1VsVRoy09GOJJ
BikDl3QGdCi13VkH4RA1CpOsySgKxpEMXb4qvHdGYfZ69BzrgnRWcr2eCA4G
a_bGvrqQF854FAjbP4xOQ49N3GxuIB9Tu69aNxd57raGpkmkENlJwng--
X-Received: from [86.185.169.94] by web87016.mail.ird.yahoo.com via HTTP; Sat, 21 Jan 2012 15:26:59 GMT
X-Mailer: YahooMailWebService/0.8.115.331698
References: <jfc1qj+s2co@eGroups.com><jfc1vv+ej7i@eGroups.com><CAC7kd3RuZSt74Mbv_dYYi+n9EJOqvCUvisGvGG3-i01nSiLBVw@mail.gmail.com> <CAKzQNW0WyDgxG7n0J1xW-gndchcZS99y3Xn5P2_ESZkRHPjLQQ@mail.gmail.com> <5EC5D7C9B840436EAD2E428C3EA47AED@ClemPC>
Message-ID: <1327159619.91609.YahooMailNeo@web87016.mail.ird.yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2012 15:26:59 +0000 (GMT)
To: "colonial-coins@yahoogroups.com" <colonial-coins@yahoogroups.com>
In-Reply-To: <5EC5D7C9B840436EAD2E428C3EA47AED@ClemPC>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="744819306-1859691173-1327159619=:91609"
X-Originating-IP: 217.146.183.200
X-eGroups-Msg-Info: 1:12:0:0:0
From: MICHAEL BRIGGS <michael.briggs9@btinternet.com>
Reply-To: MICHAEL BRIGGS <michael.briggs9@btinternet.com>
Subject: Re: [Colonial Numismatics] Re: Coin World : E-Bay : Good Bye Contemporary Counterfeits
X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=208417942; y=x_sIZ7rQ3qVr48LA7AWUotFnIO5VrP6LqEfhDagYKxCavzrOo-urJAWhvh00BDWhf7FzmS0ZuScl
X-Yahoo-Profile: michael.briggs9@btinternet.com
--744819306-1859691173-1327159619=:91609
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
That would certainly be one=C2=A0advantage of the new ruling.
From: Clement V Schettino <copperclem@comcast.net>
To: colonial-coins@yahoogroups.com=20
Sent: Saturday, 21 January 2012, 15:19
Subject: RE: [Colonial Numismatics] Re: Coin World : E-Bay : Good Bye Conte=
mporary Counterfeits
=C2=A0=20
It does appear, from what I'm hearing, that eBay is "throwing the baby out =
with the bath water" but I for one am happy to see them trying to stop thes=
e replicas. I'm sick of wading thru the tons of copies there now, and I do =
think they cause more harm then good.
Clem
=C2=A0
From:colonial-coins@yahoogroups.com [mailto: colonial-coins@yahoogroups.com=
] On Behalf Of David Fanning
Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2012 10:11 AM
To: colonial-coins@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [Colonial Numismatics] Re: Coin World : E-Bay : Good Bye Conte=
mporary Counterfeits
=C2=A0
=C2=A0=20
I really don't think people have to worry about listing 18th-century contem=
porary counterfeits, though I would obviously avoid using the word "counter=
feit" in the descriptions. They are not replica coins, they are coins. Whet=
her they were originally issued with governmental authority is irrelevant. =
I would simply list items as a "Machin's Mills copper" or "non-regal halfpe=
nny," etc. "Contemporary counterfeits of U.S. coins" are, I think, illegal =
to sell anyway. And the coins we're into aren't U.S. gov't issues.
df
On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 10:52 PM, Jeff Rock <Rosaamltd@aol.com> wrote:
=C2=A0=20
The only reason e bay is doing this is because somewhere they either got su=
ed or had to fork over refunds through their PayPal service.=C2=A0 There is=
no way they would volunteer to lose revenue.=C2=A0 The problem is that ins=
tead of just banning the things that supposedly are illegal - post-1973 cop=
ies without a COPY or REPLICA stamp -- they are getting rid of everything!=
=C2=A0 Does that make Machin's impossible to list?=C2=A0 That would be inte=
resting, since they ARE contemporary copies....but on the other hand, they =
also get slabbed.=C2=A0=20
On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 7:41 AM, colonialjohn <johnmenc@optonline.net> wrot=
e:
=C2=A0=20
=C2=A1=C2=B0The new eBay policy is very positive for consumers. Most of us =
who have been in the coin business for any length of time have encountered =
numerous people who have been hurt by replicas =C2=A1=C2=AA both financiall=
y and emotionally. I personally have seen dozens of cases of people mistake=
nly thinking they had a real gold coin but it was merely one of the a base =
metal, plated =C2=A1=C2=B0 Baldwin $10=C2=A1=C3=A5 replicas distributed in =
the early 1960s as a give-away in cereal boxes. People truly believed these=
were genuine gold pieces simply because they=C2=A1=C2=AFd been in the fami=
ly for 40 or 50 years. The new eBay policy set forth with PNG=C2=A1=C2=AFs =
collaboration will have a lasting, positive effect for decades and even for=
generations to come.=C2=A1=C2=B1
Sure Jeff - a long lasting positive effect ...=20
--- In colonial-coins@yahoogroups.com, "colonialjohn" <johnmenc@...> wrote:
>
> PNG President Jeffrey Bernberg enthusiastically endorsed eBay's decision.=
Jeff - ever purchase a Machin Mills piece listed in the Red Book?
>=20
> --- In colonial-coins@yahoogroups.com, "colonialjohn" <johnmenc@> wrote:
> >
> > Ban on sales of replicas starts on eBay Feb. 20
> >=20
> > By Paul Gilkes-Coin World Staff | Jan. 19, 2012 12:00 p.m.=20
> > Article first published in Web Content, Market Updates section of Coin =
World=20
> >=20
> > Effective Feb. 20, eBay will prohibit the sale of replicas of U.S. , wo=
rld and other historic coins into the U.S. market on eBay.com.
> >=20
> > Officials of eBay formally announced Jan. 18 that the firm's major poli=
cy change in the coins category represents the online auction company's com=
mitment to improve the buying, selling and collecting experience on eBay, i=
ncluding reviewing listings that may violate eBay policy prohibiting counte=
rfeit coins.
> >=20
> > As part of the policy update, new listings and relistings will be prohi=
bited beginning Feb. 20; listings will be permitted through Feb. 19. Listin=
gs that are still open on Feb. 20 will be allowed to run out to their closi=
ng dates.
> >=20
> > The policy change extends to replicas marked COPY as required under pro=
visions of the Hobby Protection Act. The policy change also extends to cont=
emporary counterfeits of U.S. coins produced to circulate alongside genuine=
issues. The policy does not exclude the sale of paper money replicas.
> >=20
> > The policy change follows a number of meetings and discussions between =
officials of both eBay and the Professional Numismatists Guild.
> >=20
> > As part of its collaboration with PNG, eBay officials anticipate establ=
ishing a program to better educate collectors about the PNG and its trusted=
member-dealers, and to ensure the coin experience on eBay meets industry s=
tandards.
> >=20
> > Officials of eBay made a brief presentation about the proposed policy c=
hange Jan. 4 during a PNG members-only meeting held in conjunction with the=
Florida United Numismatists convention in Orlando.
> >=20
> > Gresham 's Law : When the government reduced the amount of copper in th=
e pennies it produced, we saw that bad money drives out good; everyone save=
d copper pennies and only spent the less pure ones. Ever since cheap, flims=
y furniture began to be manufactured in large quantities, it has been very =
difficult to find solid, well-made furniture. Bad craftsmanship, like bad m=
oney, drives out good.
> >=20
> > In this case Chinese imports drove out the good: CC8R Sheffields, Black=
smiths, Machin Mills, Kleeberg CC2Rs, etc.
> >=20
> > "The policy change also extends to contemporary counterfeits of U.S. co=
ins produced to circulate alongside genuine issues."
> >=20
> > Like you said Mayhugh ... just need to sell them as regals ... and let =
the experts keep trading ... its going to really hurt in SEARCHING for thes=
e pieces in foreign venues. This extends all the way BACK to Libyan coins .=
..
> >
>
=C2=A0
--=20
David F. Fanning
Kolbe & Fanning Numismatic Booksellers LLC
141 W. Johnstown Rd.
Gahanna , OH 43230
(614) 414-0855
Fax (614) 414-0860
Cell (614) 256-8915
www.numislit.com
--744819306-1859691173-1327159619=:91609
Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
<html><body><div style=3D"color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:ar=
ial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div style=3D"RIGHT: auto"><SPAN=
style=3D"RIGHT: auto">That would certainly be one<VAR id=3Dyui-ie-cursor><=
/VAR> advantage of the new ruling.<BR style=3D"RIGHT: auto" class=3Dyu=
i-cursor></SPAN></div>
<div><BR></div>
<DIV style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">
<DIV style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif; FONT-SI=
ZE: 12pt">
<DIV dir=3Dltr><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>
<DIV style=3D"BORDER-BOTTOM: #ccc 1px solid; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; P=
ADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 0; MARGIN: 5px 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PAD=
DING-RIGHT: 0px; HEIGHT: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 0px; BORDER-TOP: #ccc 1px solid; B=
ORDER-RIGHT: #ccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px" class=3Dhr readonly=3D"true"=
contenteditable=3D"false"></DIV><B><SPAN style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:=
</SPAN></B> Clement V Schettino <copperclem@comcast.net><BR><B><SPAN =
style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> colonial-coins@yahoogroups.com <=
BR><B><SPAN style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Saturday, 21 Janua=
ry 2012, 15:19<BR><B><SPAN style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> =
RE: [Colonial Numismatics] Re: Coin World : E-Bay : Good Bye Contemporary C=
ounterfeits<BR></FONT></DIV><BR>
<DIV id=3Dyiv1022655365>
<DIV><SPAN style=3D"DISPLAY: none"> </SPAN>=20
<DIV id=3Dyiv1022655365ygrp-text>
<DIV class=3Dyiv1022655365Section1>
<div class=3Dyiv1022655365MsoNormal><FONT color=3Dnavy size=3D2 face=3DAria=
l><SPAN style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">It does =
appear, from what I'm hearing, that eBay is "throwing the baby out with the=
bath water" but I for one am happy to see them trying to stop these replic=
as. I'm sick of wading thru the tons of copies there now, and I do think th=
ey cause more harm then good.</SPAN></FONT></div>
<div class=3Dyiv1022655365MsoNormal><FONT color=3Dnavy size=3D2 face=3DAria=
l><SPAN style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Clem</SP=
AN></FONT></div>
<div class=3Dyiv1022655365MsoNormal><FONT color=3Dnavy size=3D2 face=3DAria=
l><SPAN style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: navy; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> </=
SPAN></FONT></div>
<DIV>
<DIV style=3D"TEXT-ALIGN: center" class=3Dyiv1022655365MsoNormal align=3Dce=
nter><FONT size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt=
">
<DIV style=3D"BORDER-BOTTOM: #ccc 1px solid; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; P=
ADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 0; MARGIN: 5px 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PAD=
DING-RIGHT: 0px; HEIGHT: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 0px; BORDER-TOP: #ccc 1px solid; B=
ORDER-RIGHT: #ccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px" class=3Dhr readonly=3D"true"=
contenteditable=3D"false"></DIV></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<div class=3Dyiv1022655365MsoNormal><B><FONT size=3D2 face=3DTahoma><SPAN s=
tyle=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPA=
N></FONT></B><FONT size=3D2 face=3DTahoma><SPAN style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Tahom=
a; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> colonial-coins@yahoogroups.com [mailto: colonial-coins=
@yahoogroups.com ] <B><SPAN style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On Behalf Of </SPAN=
></B>David Fanning<BR><B><SPAN style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B>=
Saturday, January 21, 2012 10:11 AM<BR><B><SPAN style=3D"FONT-WEIGHT: bold=
">To:</SPAN></B> colonial-coins@yahoogroups.com<BR><B><SPAN style=3D"FONT-W=
EIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: [Colonial Numismatics] Re: Coin World =
: E-Bay : Good Bye Contemporary Counterfeits</SPAN></FONT></div></DIV>
<div class=3Dyiv1022655365MsoNormal><FONT size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"=
><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> </SPAN></FONT></div>
<div class=3Dyiv1022655365MsoNormal><FONT size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"=
><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> </SPAN></FONT></div>
<DIV id=3Dyiv1022655365ygrp-mlmsg>
<DIV id=3Dyiv1022655365ygrp-msg>
<DIV id=3Dyiv1022655365ygrp-text>
<div><FONT size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt=
">I really don't think people have to worry about listing 18th-century cont=
emporary counterfeits, though I would obviously avoid using the word "count=
erfeit" in the descriptions. They are not replica coins, they are coins. Wh=
ether they were originally issued with governmental authority is irrelevant=
. I would simply list items as a "Machin's Mills copper" or "non-regal half=
penny," etc. "Contemporary counterfeits of U.S. coins" are, I think, illega=
l to sell anyway. And the coins we're into aren't U.S. gov't issues.<BR><BR=
>df</SPAN></FONT></div>
<DIV>
<div class=3Dyiv1022655365MsoNormal><FONT size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"=
><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt">On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 10:52 PM, Jeff Roc=
k <<A href=3D"mailto:Rosaamltd@aol.com" rel=3Dnofollow target=3D_blank y=
mailto=3D"mailto:Rosaamltd@aol.com">Rosaamltd@aol.com</A>> wrote:</SPAN>=
</FONT></div>
<DIV>
<div class=3Dyiv1022655365MsoNormal><FONT size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"=
><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> </SPAN></FONT></div>
<DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV>
<div><FONT size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt=
">The only reason e bay is doing this is because somewhere they either got =
sued or had to fork over refunds through their PayPal service. There =
is no way they would volunteer to lose revenue. The problem is that i=
nstead of just banning the things that supposedly are illegal - post-1973 c=
opies without a COPY or REPLICA stamp -- they are getting rid of everything=
! Does that make Machin's impossible to list? That would be int=
eresting, since they ARE contemporary copies....but on the other hand, they=
also get slabbed. </SPAN></FONT></div>
<DIV>
<div class=3Dyiv1022655365MsoNormal><FONT size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"=
><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt">On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 7:41 AM, colonialj=
ohn <<A href=3D"mailto:johnmenc@optonline.net" rel=3Dnofollow target=3D_=
blank ymailto=3D"mailto:johnmenc@optonline.net">johnmenc@optonline.net</A>&=
gt; wrote:</SPAN></FONT></div>
<DIV>
<div class=3Dyiv1022655365MsoNormal><FONT size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"=
><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> </SPAN></FONT></div>
<DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV>
<div><FONT size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt=
">=C2=A1=C2=B0The new eBay policy is very positive for consumers. Most of u=
s who have been in the coin business for any length of time have encountere=
d numerous people who have been hurt by replicas =C2=A1=C2=AA both financia=
lly and emotionally. I personally have seen dozens of cases of people mista=
kenly thinking they had a real gold coin but it was merely one of the a bas=
e metal, plated =C2=A1=C2=B0 Baldwin $10=C2=A1=C3=A5 replicas distributed i=
n the early 1960s as a give-away in cereal boxes. People truly believed the=
se were genuine gold pieces simply because they=C2=A1=C2=AFd been in the fa=
mily for 40 or 50 years. The new eBay policy set forth with PNG=C2=A1=C2=AF=
s collaboration will have a lasting, positive effect for decades and even f=
or generations to come.=C2=A1=C2=B1<BR><BR>Sure Jeff - a long lasting posit=
ive effect ... <BR><BR>--- In <A href=3D"mailto:colonial-coins%40yahoogroup=
s.com" rel=3Dnofollow target=3D_blank
ymailto=3D"mailto:colonial-coins%40yahoogroups.com">colonial-coins@yahoogr=
oups.com</A>, "colonialjohn" <johnmenc@...> wrote:<BR>><BR>> PN=
G President Jeffrey Bernberg enthusiastically endorsed eBay's decision. Jef=
f - ever purchase a Machin Mills piece listed in the Red Book?</SPAN></FONT=
></div>
<DIV>
<DIV>
<div class=3Dyiv1022655365MsoNormal><FONT size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"=
><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><BR>> <BR>> --- In <A href=3D"mailto=
:colonial-coins%40yahoogroups.com" rel=3Dnofollow target=3D_blank ymailto=
=3D"mailto:colonial-coins%40yahoogroups.com">colonial-coins@yahoogroups.com=
</A>, "colonialjohn" <johnmenc@> wrote:<BR>> ><BR>> > Ban=
on sales of replicas starts on eBay Feb. 20<BR>> > <BR>> > By =
Paul Gilkes-Coin World Staff | Jan. 19, 2012 12:00 p.m. <BR>> > Artic=
le first published in Web Content, Market Updates section of Coin World <BR=
>> > <BR>> > Effective Feb. 20, eBay will prohibit the sale of =
replicas of U.S. , world and other historic coins into the U.S. market on e=
Bay.com.<BR>> > <BR>> > Officials of eBay formally announced Ja=
n. 18 that the firm's major policy change in the coins category represents =
the online auction company's commitment to improve the buying, selling and =
collecting
experience on eBay, including reviewing listings that may violate eBay pol=
icy prohibiting counterfeit coins.<BR>> > <BR>> > As part of th=
e policy update, new listings and relistings will be prohibited beginning F=
eb. 20; listings will be permitted through Feb. 19. Listings that are still=
open on Feb. 20 will be allowed to run out to their closing dates.<BR>>=
> <BR>> > The policy change extends to replicas marked COPY as re=
quired under provisions of the Hobby Protection Act. The policy change also=
extends to contemporary counterfeits of U.S. coins produced to circulate a=
longside genuine issues. The policy does not exclude the sale of paper mone=
y replicas.<BR>> > <BR>> > The policy change follows a number o=
f meetings and discussions between officials of both eBay and the Professio=
nal Numismatists Guild.<BR>> > <BR>> > As part of its collabora=
tion with PNG, eBay officials anticipate establishing a program to
better educate collectors about the PNG and its trusted member-dealers, an=
d to ensure the coin experience on eBay meets industry standards.<BR>> &=
gt; <BR>> > Officials of eBay made a brief presentation about the pro=
posed policy change Jan. 4 during a PNG members-only meeting held in conjun=
ction with the Florida United Numismatists convention in Orlando.<BR>> &=
gt; <BR>> > Gresham 's Law : When the government reduced the amount o=
f copper in the pennies it produced, we saw that bad money drives out good;=
everyone saved copper pennies and only spent the less pure ones. Ever sinc=
e cheap, flimsy furniture began to be manufactured in large quantities, it =
has been very difficult to find solid, well-made furniture. Bad craftsmansh=
ip, like bad money, drives out good.<BR>> > <BR>> > In this cas=
e Chinese imports drove out the good: CC8R Sheffields, Blacksmiths, Machin =
Mills, Kleeberg CC2Rs, etc.<BR>> > <BR>> > "The policy
change also extends to contemporary counterfeits of U.S. coins produced to=
circulate alongside genuine issues."<BR>> > <BR>> > Like you s=
aid Mayhugh ... just need to sell them as regals ... and let the experts ke=
ep trading ... its going to really hurt in SEARCHING for these pieces in fo=
reign venues. This extends all the way BACK to Libyan coins ...<BR>> >=
;<BR>></SPAN></FONT></div></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV>
<div class=3Dyiv1022655365MsoNormal><FONT size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"=
><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> </SPAN></FONT></div></DIV></DIV></DI=
V></DIV></DIV>
<div class=3Dyiv1022655365MsoNormal><FONT size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"=
><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><BR><BR clear=3Dall><BR>-- <BR>David F. Fa=
nning<BR><BR>Kolbe & Fanning Numismatic Booksellers LLC<BR>141 W. Johns=
town Rd.<BR>Gahanna , OH 43230<BR>(614) 414-0855<BR>Fax (614) 414-0860<BR>C=
ell (614) 256-8915<BR><A href=3D"http://www.numislit.com/" rel=3Dnofollow t=
arget=3D_blank>www.numislit.com</A></SPAN></FONT></div></DIV>
<DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV><BR><BR></DIV></DIV></div></=
body></html>
--744819306-1859691173-1327159619=:91609--
|
|---|
