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tumbleweedtrumpet: There's a mark there, but it's difficult to tell with the pic quality what exactly is going on with it. Is it a D? Is it real? Hmmm...
I'm definitely no expert, and haven't the funds to take a chance on this one...someone is either going to have a fun time when they receive it or be quite unhappy.
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 United States
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im not taking any chances there arent any pics of the 1921 either or any toher semi keys and it very well could be counterfited
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okie-colin: Am I just confused? What is that mark?
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Valued Member
United States
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i too can see a fait mark but its way to blurry and far back to be sure its a d and it might be counterfeit but it could also be real and were all missing out out on a great deal
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Valued Member
United States
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o well it sold for 675 with 13 dollar shipping and 1 bid I'm pretty positive a set like this should have gotten many more bids considering its price but you never know...
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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No not confused. There is a mark, but I cannot tell if it is a D. Also be aware that many of the counterfeits are made in AG-3 to disguise the tooling.
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Valued Member
United States
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yeah, I would definitely have been hesitant on that. I would have asked for better pics...if refused or ignored, definitely no bid on a coin this important to my set.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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That's a weird auction, if you ask me. If legit, why not show a better pic of the 1916-D to maximize bids? I've seen a few other auctions of coin lots with one poorly-photographed "key coin"--hmmm.  Edited by DVCollector
11/14/2009 12:10 pm
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Even if genuine, it wouldn't grade higher than FR-2, which would put in the $400-$500 range. The rest of the set is worth around $200, so it's not a spectacular deal imo. Given all the coins are genuine(which is questionable), the seller is asking about market value for the set.
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Pillar of the Community
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Johnny54321 wrote: Quote:
Even if genuine, it wouldn't grade higher than FR-2, which would put in the $400-$500 range. The rest of the set is worth around $200, so it's not a spectacular deal IMO  I have a FR-2 1916D Merc and it looks identical to the one listed in the ebay ad. If I recall, it was around $450 when I bought it. Adding a couple hundred to the price makes this collection around a market value deal.   |
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Rest in Peace
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Moe: Yours looks better than the listed one imo with a full mm, and I would think it's borderline Fr-2/AG-3. Very nice circ!
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United States
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I think mine does show a bit better than the posted one. Which calls the ebay auction more into question as far as price goes. I do think mine's a pretty solid FR-2, though. I think it would be a stretch to get it to the AG-3. (I would take it, of course!) However, in any case, I would not have bought it if I couldn't tell definitively that it was a 1916 D. |
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Does the seller sell a lot of coins? If you don't know much about them, it would be easy to put up an ad with bad photos of the key coin.
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Does the seller sell a lot of coins? If you don't know much about them, it would be easy to put up an ad with bad photos of the key coin. Yeah, but the problem is that a lot of knowlegable but deceitful people take advantage of this exact perspective; pretending to know nothing about coins and posting a lousy photo of a supposed "valuable" coin that hides the problem in order to pawn off a fake or damaged coin. |
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Isn't FR-2 supposed to mean that huge parts of the design are missing and PO-1 almost nothing? From what I'm seeing a lot of the TPG FR-2's are just lower end AG's, it's pretty confusing sometimes. |
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Posted 11/14/2009 09:52 am
