证明 1975-S 罗斯福，《No S Dime：一个警示故事》

硬币经销商的生活很少是轻松的，当一枚非常有价值的硬币进入市场并且看起来很容易时，它绝对不会变得容易。

The life of a coin dealer is seldom easy and it definitely doesn’t get easier when a very valuable coin comes to market that has any semblance to easily available pieces. It gets even worse when the general media grabs the story.

硬币经销商的生活很少是轻松的，当一枚非常有价值的硬币进入市场并且与容易买到的硬币有任何相似之处时，它绝对不会变得容易。当一般媒体抓住这个故事时，情况会变得更糟。

While we certainly appreciate the positive spin the story puts on numismatics, we lament the unintended consequences that will inevitably appear. We’ve used this space to talk about how misinterpreted or misrepresented information can lead to disappointing outcomes.

虽然我们当然欣赏这个故事对钱币学的积极影响，但我们对不可避免地出现的意想不到的后果感到遗憾。我们利用这个空间来讨论误解或歪曲信息如何导致令人失望的结果。

Well, it’s going to be happening again, a lot.

好吧，这样的事情还会再次发生，而且会发生很多次。

I woke up Sunday to see a general interest news service delivering the report of the Proof 1975-S Roosevelt, No S dime from a Proof set created at the San Francisco Mint and headed for auction, the coin that graced the cover a recent issue of Coin World. It wasn’t a surprise, but everywhere you turned, there was the story. It is a truly newsworthy event, and we haven’t seen the last of it. Coverage won’t end until GreatCollections auctions the coin in late October.

周日，我醒来看到一家大众新闻服务机构正在报道 1975 年 S 罗斯福精制版硬币，其中一枚精制版硬币是由旧金山造币厂制作的，即将进行拍卖，这枚硬币曾登上最近一期《罗斯福》杂志的封面。钱币世界.这并不奇怪，但无论你走到哪里，都有这个故事。这是一个真正具有新闻价值的事件，我们还没有看到它的最后一个。直至十月下旬 GreatCollections 拍卖该硬币为止，覆盖范围才会结束。

The Proof coin at the heart of the matter, one of only two known examples, is not the same as the average, run-of-the-mill dimes that were made by the millions at a different Mint in 1975. That’s what someone not involved in numismatics is not going to grasp as quickly as they should.

问题核心的精制币是仅有的两个已知例子之一，它与 1975 年在不同造币厂数百万人铸造的普通一角硬币不同。涉足钱币学并不会像他们应该的那样快速掌握。

Now, as Joe Average looks through his change and somehow comes upon a dime that is nearly 50 years old (and looks like those hundreds of millions of other dimes), he is going to believe he has found the Holy Grail. The phone calls have already started.

现在，当 Joe Average 查看他的零钱时，不知何故发现了一枚已经有近 50 年历史的 10 毛钱（看起来就像其他数以亿计的 10 毛钱），他相信自己已经找到了圣杯。电话已经开始了。

We published a story on coinworld.com years ago about 1975 dimes from the Philadelphia Mint selling for unreal money on internet sales platforms, purchased by people who didn’t know any better. In fact, there was a call just yesterday. The internet is perpetual. Once it’s out there, it’s out there forever.

几年前，我们在 coinworld.com 上发表了一篇报道，讲述了费城造币厂 1975 年 10 角硬币在互联网销售平台上以虚幻的价格出售，而这些硬币被那些不了解情况的人购买了。事实上，昨天就接到了一个电话。互联网是永恒的。一旦它出现，它就永远存在。

I recently read a column written by Jeff Garrett for Numismatic Guaranty Company. Garrett’s words focused on misinformation and the importance of relying on experienced, knowledgeable professionals who know what they’re talking about. The line that struck me, paraphrasing now, cautioned that arguing with the expert can get you hung up on. For further support of this contention, check out what Brad Karoleff has to say on page 27. He’s another one who’s there in the trenches and has been for some time.

我最近读了杰夫·加勒特 (Jeff Garrett) 为钱币担保公司 (Numismatic Guaranty Company) 撰写的专栏。加勒特的言论重点关注了错误信息以及依赖经验丰富、知识渊博、知道自己在说什么的专业人士的重要性。这句话让我印象深刻，现在解释一下，它警告说，与专家争论可能会让你挂断电话。要进一步支持这一论点，请查看第 27 页 Brad Karoleff 的言论。他是另一位在战壕中奋斗了一段时间的人。

I’m sure dealers hear it all the time — “I know what I have,” but if you already know, why are you going through the exercise? Dealers are far too busy working to keep the lights on to look at every 1975 dime that’s not a Proof coin, every 2013 $100 note and every $2 bill because a completely different low-serial-number example was sold at auction.

我确信经销商经常听到这样的话——“我知道我有什么”，但如果你已经知道了，那你为什么还要进行这个练习呢？经销商们忙于工作，无暇仔细查看每一张 1975 年的非精制硬币、每张 2013 年的 100 美元纸币和每张 2 美元纸币，因为在拍卖会上出售了完全不同的低序列号硬币。

It’s exciting when coins like the Proof 1975-S Roosevelt, No S dime appear in the market. It’s not something that happens all of the time, and there’s a reason for that. These coins are rare. In the time it took to write this, about two dozen dealers answered the phone, dealt with a soon-to-be-disgruntled customer face-to-face, or otherwise had to explain why the common unmarked coin has no additional value.

当像 1975-S 罗斯福精制版、无 S 角硬币这样的硬币出现在市场上时，真是令人兴奋。这并不是经常发生的事情，而且这是有原因的。这些钱币很稀有。在写这篇文章的时间内，大约有两打经销商接了电话，面对面处理了一位即将心怀不满的顾客，或者不得不解释为什么普通的无标记硬币没有附加价值。

We live in a world of dreamers. It’s why we play the multimillion-dollar lottery jackpots, but those results are cut and dried, and it’s easy to see when you don’t hold a winning ticket. Coins, on the other hand, all look alike…until they don’t, when you begin to see something different about YOUR coin and start to believe you may have something special. You might, but if the expert says you don’t, remember, no means no.

我们生活在一个充满梦想家的世界。这就是为什么我们玩数百万美元的彩票头奖，但这些结果是经过加工和干燥的，当你没有中奖彩票时很容易看出。另一方面，硬币看起来都很相似……直到它们不同为止，当您开始看到您的硬币有不同之处并开始相信您可能有一些特别的东西时。你可能会，但如果专家说你不会，请记住，不就意味着不。