Is the dealer a member of the American Numismatic Association? How about the Professional Numismatists Guild?
The American Numismatic Association( http://www.money.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home) is the largest organization in the world devoted to the collection and study of coins and paper money and related items. All members of the ANA who sell numismatic items must adhere to a strict code of ethics that govern the sell of those items. For dealers, there is an even stronger Code of Ethics (http://www.money.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Search&template=/CM/HTMLDisplay.cfm&ContentID=8990). Any dealer worth their salt who wishes to be seen as an honest, ethical dealer will be a member of this organization because if a dealer does not abide the Code of Ethics, the dealer will be expelled (ibid) and any dealer who has been expelled from the American Numismatic Association. will find it much harder to do business with anyone–that’s if anyone will do business with the dealer in the first place. The ANA has enough clout that when word gets around that a member/dealer has been expelled, the dealer c
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