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New Member
United States
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New Guy, so go easy on me, LOL. I see many have made some comments about coins buying with "Paul Sims", which I have purchased many coins from. I found the coins good, and in many cases better than, however the communications skills of the telephone staff, and the time frame in which they receive ones orders, process and send ones order is way too slow for me. God forbid you lose your paper work on what you ordered, they seems to be lost in having a system to recall ones request. All of which makes me ask, has anyone experiences the same? Last, has anyone had good experience with ordering form other quality vendors. Thanks. Coins for the future?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Paus Simms is one of those larger than life coin firms you must be very careful when buying from. You might say that most experienced collectors will avoid them like the plague. You can discover why by searching for their name on forums like this, PCGS, and NGC. I'm guess that many of us on this forum would be very curious as to what you're buying and if you could post photos. I've only bought once from them many years ago. I think it was a couple of rolls of MS Roosevelt dimes, of which I had no problem. |
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Rest in Peace
United States
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I have had good luck with Paul Sims, also with Coast-to-Coast coins. In the case of C to C Coins, the communications are always good, and the purchase arrives within very few days.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3233 Posts |
Gary, you're a braver man than I.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1083 Posts |
I just wonder if those who are satisfied with Paul Sims and Coast to Coast have ever really put in the time and effort to learn how to accurately grade their coins? No offense meant, but I just wonder about that.
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Valued Member
United States
328 Posts |
Paul Sims is a service that will trade you a worthless coin for a lot of money. There you go.
Edited by gbchaosmaster
02/13/2008 7:59 pm
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Valued Member
United States
374 Posts |
beware of sliders and cleaned coins. Big companies that advertise in the coin publications are notorious for this. They will let you return them if not happy but if you cant tell the difference its tough luck. Ive seen plenty of these coins proof or bu coins arriving with spots or other problems. I have bought several collections from people who bought there coins from the big boys and belive me they didnt come close to getting there origanal investment back. Even a 1932 d quarter that was bought as a bu that was cleaned. So buyer beware from any mail order coin store!!
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Valued Member
United States
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So, being a newbie, how does one weed out and find the reputable places to purchase coins?
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Valued Member
United States
392 Posts |
so has anyone purchased from littleton coin and had good luck?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3233 Posts |
Bobbi, read forums like this and do searches by company name. You might be surprised what you find.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Kceb10, Bobbi and Delta99, Littleton is just like Paul Sims and Coast To Coast, overpriced, cleaned, over graded coins. Do a search on this forum and read the posts on these companies? Get a good grading book and a RedBook if you don't already have one, and read some threads on this site on cleaned coins - some have pictures - and try and learn what to look for in a coin. After that, go to ebay and find some sellers with good ratings, selling coins you want. Before bidding post the links and we will give you some advice. Start slow and learn as you go. You will do fine and end up with value for your money. |
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Valued Member
United States
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Sounds like great advice to me. But about the cleaned coins - from what little I've read, it says to never clean coins because of the damage that will most likely result. I had heard about Littleton even when I wasn't interested in collecting. I have seen some sellers on ebay, and some have 100% ratings. I was looking at a particular set of coins, and the seller listed them as being in mint condition. What does that mean? I haven't read the word "mint" as a grade, so it is meaningless to me right now. |
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Valued Member
United States
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Mint, would be like a brand new coin
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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From the Coin Community Forum Glossary:
Mint State
The term corresponding to the numerical grades MS-60 through MS-70, used to denote a business strike coin that never has been in circulation. A Mint State coin can range from one that is covered with marks (MS-60) to a flawless example (MS-70).
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Posted 02/13/2008 12:30 am
