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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I bought this coin several months ago, and was pleased with it until I took a better look at the pictures. Alas, the clasp, a key feature, has been "tooled", and crudely, at that.  Take a look, and learn a lesson! Those of you with good eyes, count your blessings. Those with eyes like mine...always use magnification and lighting before buying! Trust will only take you so far.   Edited by hunter20ga
08/10/2007 12:42 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2269 Posts |
Thats a shame. Was the coin bought from a dealer or online?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1267 Posts |
Dang-it and Miss Liberty on the 1836 CBH is the best looking (Beauty) likeness of the gal I've ever seen. I told my wife once that if I had to choose between... I never finished the sentence.  ROTFLing |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
1173 Posts |
Spider...the coin was purchased from a dealer who carries a lot of high end stuff. To be honest, he may not have seen this tooling, either. We all tend to get a little sloppy, I suppose, and "see" what we expect to see. I confess that I didn't look as closely as I might normally because of the store I was in. Foolish, foolish, foolish. The store, BTW, is in a city a thousand miles distant.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2600 Posts |
Ouch  Jim |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2443 Posts |
If it was someone else: OMGZ!1111 SUPA RARE MINT ERROR!!1111 1836 OLD! 50 CENT!111
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
1152 Posts |
And say "I've never seen anything like it before, It night not be real but I don't know- I think it is real rare" BIN for only $1,000,000! Oh, and create a new account to sell it with- and no pictures!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1173 Posts |
There you guys go...giving me ideas on how to turn this lemon into lemonade  !   Doesn't really help, but does make me feel better! |
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Valued Member
United States
459 Posts |
A little "thumbing" and that'll disappear. Or consider it a "reference" piece.
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Valued Member
United States
455 Posts |
Why would someone do that?
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Member
United States
3242 Posts |
It maybe a plug they used them back then
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
12437 Posts |
Yep, that clasp is tooled and it looks like the hair has been tooled too Look at the bright side, at least you have a good tooling reference coin now. |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
2703 Posts |
Sorry about the tooling on your bustie, hunter20ga. I know it is sickening to find these things on coins in your collection. Thanks for educating us on what to look out for!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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What a shame! The things people do to their money...
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Posted 08/09/2007 9:43 pm
