Those Shady Local Coin Stores. (A Bit Of A Rant)

So this is a thread I hoped wouldn't need be made. But unfortunatly it has to. Yesterday I was in Damascus, Maryland at a festival. There were stands of people selling their wares and such. Then there's this one woman running a stand deticated to coins and currency. So I head over and start taking a look at what she had. Unfortunatly my phone was dead so no pics but this is what I saw. A NGC graded 1967 Kennedy half. Ok, here the thing it was spelled Numistatic Guarantee Corporation. Yes I spelled that right, Numistatic. Oh boy. Next to it was a bent on itself, and I mean folded over like a pancake 1950 wheatie. She had put it in a oversized slab and self labeled it, "Ultra Rare Mint Error Wheat penny, Only One Known. Struck On Top of Itself!" *Sighs in Disbelief*. If this was bad, it only gets worse. As I keep going I see a jar of wheats and indian heads. Each circulated Wheat cent is $2, each corroded, G-4 indian is $10! This older gentleman comes up behind me and starts looking as well. He starts asking about some of the coins she has and I keep going. He asks about proof sets, and she pulls out some US MINT SETS, not proof sets. So she tells him that the celephone mint sets are actually really rare error proofs worth a lot of money, but she'll sell them to him for cheap. At this point I'm getting annoyed with her a bit, and inform the gentlemen of the difference. The woman starts to get a bit miffed that I told him, but we'll get back to that. Then he asks if she has any old coins. She pulls out some early jeffersons (1938-1960). They're $2.50 - $15 each. There are no key dates, just common ones. She tells him the survival rate is really low so he's getting a good deal. He then asks if she has any colonials and she pulls out the most fake flowing hair dollar I've ever seen. This is the closest image I could find on the internet to it.

So I tell the man when the woman isn't paying attention that it's a fake and explain why. I happened to have some silver kennadys I had in the car with my 1981-S proof set I keep as a luck charm. So I grab them and come back and show him what a proof set actually looks like. I come over and ask her what she'll give me for a 40%er. She says 75C. I look to my left and she's selling them for $5. She says that she buys them for a good price because silver is less than $5 per ounce. The story keeps going and she gets the man to buy a counterfiet spanish 1 real. I felt bad as he paid $250 and I tried to advise him, but the owner told me off. I came back and asked her if she was a member of the ANA or the PCGS dealer registry. She said no because they would fine her for scamming people. She said she had a brick and morter store in Hagerstown, Maryland. But wouldn't say what it was. She asked how a teenager was qualified to say anything about coins. At this point I'm about ready to send out an APB to the ANA counterfiet registry as she admitted to selling fakes on purpose and scamming and deciveing costumers. I hope my rant was ok, and if you have any ideas on the name of this persons shop please PM me. The best description I can give is she was an Asian Woman with black hair who appeared to be in her 50's. Thanks, I just want everyone to be wary of who they buy and sell with.

Good Night,

GC