I would suspect that most participants in this forum, are astute enough to buy the coin and not the holder... (certainly a message we all have been saying for years here).
Frankly, I don't consider a sale like this to be a deal breaker with me. Partly because I know any coin bought from that dealer, can be easily returned if the buyer is not happy with the coin.
I have bought problem coins unknowingly in my early collecting days, some were expensive. I chalked that experience up as knowledge and a lesson learned... it is like watching my boy lower his guard and get his nose thumped in his karate lessons - some lessons are best learned the hard way.
But, watching a dealer last year at a coin show (who shall remain unnamed here) offer face value for silver coins from someone who
inherited a collection, on the other hand, is sickening...
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