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Valued Member
United States
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Been selling a few odds and ends of 90% mostly low grade, nice common date or otherwise very nice but with one or two problems type of coins. As I expected I seldom get better than bullion price or a little better price for a collectable coin thats still nice enough to go in an album . Then I saw this guys auctions. I think I know what I've been doing wrong. http://www.ebay.com/itm/1942-LIBERT...em4ab3902eb3 Man I'm missing out. My coins just aren't SHINY enough! Im off to Walmart for some polish.  Edited by goldfinger
02/01/2012 11:03 pm
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Valued Member
United States
97 Posts |
LOL. High wattage lights, water on the coins (wiped lightly), dark background. Should do it.
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Valued Member
 United States
73 Posts |
I hope I'm not misjudging him. I've taken enough bad coin pics to know they can have a life of their own. When I see 7 pics, all with better reflections than the bumper of my 1963 Bonneville and a grade of MS66, I know I'm doing it wrong.
It will be fun to follow his auctions and see just how many bids he gets.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
560 Posts |
I wonder if he wears the cotton gloves while he's buffing those poor Walkers.
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Valued Member
United States
73 Posts |
My evil twin just pointed out that if I dig far enough back in the closet I can find any number of highly polished coins from my early days of collecting. It took me a long time to see that all that glitters aint necessarily gold.
I could sell them but they are a valuable reminder to pay attention to what I'm doing.
Edited by goldfinger
02/01/2012 11:46 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
10982 Posts |
The seller plainly describes it as a MS66 Walking Liberty half. Maybe DMPL tossed in here and there would help. |
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
585 Posts |
I hate these polishing idiots, they do so much damage. Especially with medieval coins. Unfortunately there is an another group of idiots who buy it.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
20753 Posts |
HHMMMMMmmm. MS-66 could mean Mostly Scrubbed and if you use a 100 point system, then 66 is about 3/4 up there.
I've seen people at flea markets use coins to demonstrate how an auto polish works. Almost makes them into a Proof coin. Unfortuately someone will buy that coin since it looks so pretty to them.
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Valued Member
United States
424 Posts |
Sure is puuuurrrty. Just wondering how they can list this as "is graded MS 66", but every pic is them holding the coin...no slab?  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1054 Posts |
If it's not slabbed, then it won't be long before ebay kicks the auction. |
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Locked
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It can be in the description, not the title. Not sure if its allowed in the item specifics. I've sent off an email.
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Moderator
 United States
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scubu is always on the hunt.  |
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