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| 1 | 52 | "Who View more quotes about sold">sold you this piece," asked the man, "a private party? What did you pay for it?" "It was given to me," I said, "by a private party". |
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| 1 | 49 | He was an authenticator, to whom I had been referred by a professional numismatist. |
| 1 | 50 | His task was not to appraise coins but to render an informed opinion on such matters as their type and origin, where this might be obscure, their grading, in cases where a collaborative opinion might be desired, and their genuineness. |
| 1 | 51 | "Is it genuine?" I asked. |
| 1 | 52 | "Who sold you this piece," asked the man, "a private party? What did you pay for it?" "It was given to me," I said, "by a private party". |
| 1 | 53 | "That is extremely interesting," said the man. |
| 1 | 54 | "Why?" I asked. |
| 1 | 55 | "It rules out an obvious hypothesis," said the man. |