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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I would never buy a raw coin from this seller.....
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
11909 Posts |
weakly struck and overdipped au details. does not look like the coin has any luster. :-(
IN NECESSARIIS UNITAS - IN DUBIIS LIBERTAS - IN OMNIBUS CARITAS THE MAN IN THE ARENA, Theodore Roosevelt at the Sorbonne Paris on April 23, 1910: " It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." My coin website: https://fairfaxcoins.com |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
12477 Posts |
Wow, that coin looks like it's made of papier-māche. Definitely dipped and a poor job. I have never purchased from GSC. I like their pics compared to most sellers, but that's as far as it goes.  In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020
In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020
In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1963 Posts |
How do they maintain 99.9% feedback?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3479 Posts |
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How do they maintain 99.9% feedback? b\c they sell a buttload of them. When I first started collecting Seated dollars, I viewed many raw coins on ebay. This firm had the most but nearly everyone one of them had been doctored. I imagine they are a great source for buying slabbed coins, but again, on the raw ones, you're better off staying away unless you enjoy headaches. Edited by MikeF
02/24/2018 02:10 am
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Well to contradict on my recent post about GSC coins, this coin is not worthy of his listing. At least 3 different issues plague this coin .  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
Run, don't walk, away from this dealer.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
8715 Posts |
The coin appears to have been dipped from the images.
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Pillar of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
591 Posts |
I agree their pics often make coins look totally unreal. I see so many obviously dipped coins for sale on ebay. With the lighting or whatever manipulation GSC employs, it is very hard to discern if the coin is indeed dipped...but it does appear to be a flat, generally un-lustrous, surface here. So at this grade (based on the details), if the dipping has destroyed any mint luster, then it isn't worth AU money. Quote:
At least 3 different issues plague this coin T-BOP - please share what issues you see here. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
591 Posts |
thanks for that link USSID18.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3210 Posts |
GSC are masters at photo manipulation. I have never bought a coin from there and I don't ever intend to. These people are all about volume selling, quantity vs quality. Save yourself some money and aggravation and don't bid on any of their coins cause it is more likely the coin has been doctored to cover up a cleaning or other issue on their coins.
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Valued Member
United States
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It never ceases to amaze me how this seller gets top dollar for his coins. This coin sold at top certified AU money. A quick search of ebay sold results for 1925 D dime AU brings up at least one recent sale of a 1925 D AU 55 PCGS that sold for $172. It gives sellers on ebay (myself included) a bad name.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Too many bidders got trigger happy.
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Posted 02/23/2018 11:42 pm
