Now This Is A Scary Auction!

this coin doesn't look polished to me, it looks like a high grade BU coin with allot of luster. At least I can not see any evidence of any polishing by the photos provided and I really do not see anything that would cause it to not grade either. I bet it is a beautiful coin in hand

I agree, something doesn't look quite right to me. It could be the picture but the finish looks more like some WLH proofs I have seen.

If you have a coin that is worth that much money and are trying to sell it why not get it slabbed. I would think that would give more prospective buyers a warm and fuzzy feeling. It would open you up to a lot more people who wouldn't buy anything without it being graded. Now on the other hand if you aquired it with the purpose of keeping it and not for resale then by all means keep it raw, but I think this is a case where if something seems to good to be true it probably is. I personally can't say whether or not it has been tampered with but I wouldn't drop that much money on a raw coin.

Jim

Interesting responses all. I actually wasn't being negative here, but with a key date like the 21-D, it's always good to have a bit of nagging doubt or questions. At the bare minimum, I'd expect this coin to be at least lightly toned, unless dipped recently. I've seen uncirculated specimens of this date, and even with a lousy picture or scan, there should be a hint or swirl of luster somewhere. Here's a satiny 1944-D MS-66 example, done with a quick snap of the camera:



Regardless, that seller should have it slabbed, even a Genuine would be better than just raw.

Looks good to me. But what do I know, I've been wrong before. Would never ever ever buy that raw though.

Yeah that coin is flawless. I guess other buyers were thinking it was polished somehow as well. Because At that price if it had original surfaces, then that would be a steal. And it hasn't been sold yet. So hmm... Someone did a great job on this coin.