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jedichef Pillar of the Community United States 781 Posts	Posted 10/16/2011 03:44 am not to take sides or cause any conflict, but XG DOES state when a coin has been date restored. I've seen some of his listings and all potential buyers know perfectly well what they're getting. I personally restore dates frequently and without hesitation, but only to satisfy my own personal curiosity (or the occasional blank spot in my folder). but I do, with a few rare exceptions, think that restored dates are nearly worthless. again, there are exceptions, but are very few and far between. Report this Post to the Staff
XavierOfGreen Pillar of the Community United States 2589 Posts	Posted 10/16/2011 04:12 am As Jedichef stated I always state in my listings whether or not a coin has been restored using acid or not. I to don't use acid dated coins in my own personal collection but other people seem to like them since they are cheap genuine fillers. Perhaps ill list on ebay a fully restored v-nick as a test case to see what kind of money it would bring in. Report this Post to the Staff
hesgut Pillar of the Community 1028 Posts	Posted 10/16/2011 6:06 pm I was simply speculating on whether or not they were listed as acid dated....not accusing. Putting a V-nick with full acid treatment up. I guess such a test is worthwhile. Maybe someone will buy it. Nobody that knows what they're talking about would, I guarantee you that. If you did a poll on this site and asked if anyone would want such a nickel (non-key date) at all for any reasonable numismatic price I believe it would be a land slide. I'm sure you're an honest seller and know you offer full disclose on your auctions, but I just find the practice of burning nickels to death for the purpose of bringing out details to sell them at higher prices than their FR-2 dateless versions to be sketchy. Report this Post to the Staff
XavierOfGreen Pillar of the Community United States 2589 Posts	Posted 10/17/2011 01:11 am Well the experiment is up and running, I have up on ebay now a 1893 that looks like it has vf or xf details listed at a $4.50 starting price. Its not nearly as good looking as the 1895 I posted in the grading section earlier. http://www.ebay.com/itm/25091250428....m1555.l2649 I have a feeling that a good portion of the people that buy acid dated coins are younger collectors or people that cant afford to purchase regular untreated examples. I remeber a while back there was a fellow here on ccf that was looking for an 1885 nickel for under $20 and no one could find an example that cheap acid dated or otherwise. Report this Post to the Staff
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