1969-S Doubled Die Penny Sold To Honest Dealer For 5 Cents Expected To Realize $40,000 At Auction

I always looked at finds like this, this way.....

If the bulk purchase was from a customer (or a walk up at a show) and they handed me a bag of Buffalos or Indians and said "what'll-u-give-me for-this" I'd make them an offer based on a quick sample. If after they were sorted, and I found something real good like a 3-legged Buffalo or 09-S Indian, I'd reach out to them. (I always tagged each purchase with a name, phone number and price paid).

If the bulk purchase was from another dealer at the show (and the purchase was off his table) then all bets were off. A dealer knows better and should have gone thru them.

I've found overdates, 3 and 3 1/2 leggers from both sources over the past many, many years. It just goes with the territory.

Everybody is different how they handle things. My method works for me. I also sleep good at night.

Just my opinion being offered up here....its not a question of honesty vs dishonesty. Its like rights...we may have rights but that doesn't mean we have to enforce all of our rights, nor to their fullest extent .
Westernsky I think describes the morality {and "rightness"} most of us would feel is how we would like to think we would demonstrate

The dealer deserves our respect

There are still some good people out there just like the ones who help all of us here on this forum