Good Grief, Idiots Will Bid On Anything.

Some collectors just can't be helped and there are always more than a few unscrupulous dealers ready to pounce on the uneducated collector. The reference books are available. The Forums are out there and available for someone to ask questions. Face facts: You just can't stop collectors from being taken.

The saying, "Caveat Emptor" goes back over 2,000 years -- probably earlier -- to a time when the first gold coins were issued and some unsuspecting schnook accepted what he thought were gold coins in exchange for his camels or goats in the market only to get home and find out they were nothing more than weighted slugs!