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Fes, IHCs, LWCs--What's Wrong With These Pictures?

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 Posted 06/23/2011  12:57 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add DVCollector to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Browsing the Bay, I keep running across this seller's items. So many of the pics raise a big, red flag for me that I decided to post here--for open discussion.

What do you think? Honest coins--or dipped/polished/photshopped?

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 Posted 06/23/2011  1:03 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add CaptainFwiffo to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Cleaned, and very badly.
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 Posted 06/23/2011  1:40 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add mycrob to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
100% + feedback, also a top-rated seller. I'd shop there. Some coins he explicitly states they are cleaned, so I think he is trying to be honest. With some coins, it's hard to tell if they had a very mild cleaning.
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 Posted 06/23/2011  1:48 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add DVCollector to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Yeah...dunno how feedback reflects on what I see. Whenever I see a large group of coins with similar surfaces/color/luster--that gets my attention. If I were at a show, and a dealer had a case with coins like that, I'd walk away.
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 Posted 06/23/2011  7:41 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Fuzzy317 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
either cleaned or has trouble taking good pictures of his coins (like me)
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 Posted 06/24/2011  10:23 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add BuffalosRock to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I tend to dismiss anything that looks like this as they look cleaned/doctored to me.

I keep running across silver coins offered by "theconsignmenthub" that are 100% doctored/cleaned. He states that his coins are over 50 years old and he just "expects" that they've been cleaned at some point. THAT is BULLDUNG. It is no coincidence that 100% of his coins all look the same way! All are shiny and looked scrubbed and dipped BIGTIME.

I do think they should ban those sellers that so blatantly doctor their coins - EVEN IF THEY ARE HONEST in the fine print.

JMHO
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I guess if someone is trying to sell a $2000 coin, I would hope for a better description than "1858 FLYING EAGLE, SMALL LETTER". A thoughtful description of the coin (in addition to the pictures) would be good.

Also, paying $1.95 shipping for a $2000 coin, you have got to be kidding.
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