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Be careful. In general, once the catalog publishes something, many people start looking for it. The coin may, or may not, be rare in high grades. Five cents are not my series, so I will not offer an opinion on that particular coin.
As a different example of what I am talking about, the 2012 Charlton only lists the 1894 Thick 4 cent in grades up to MS-60. I own a PCGS MS-65 RB and have seen a PCGS MS-64 RB and an ICCS MS-63 Red. After such varieties are published, it takes a while to see what top end examples are really out there.
http://www.victoriancent.com2011 & 2025 Fred Bowman Literary Award Winner, 2020 J. Douglas Ferguson Award Winner, & 2022 Paul Fiocca Award Winner. Life Member of RCNA.
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You'd think when listing a $14000 buy it now, a little care would be made in crafting the description:
"COIN GRADED BY ICCS**MS-63**!!.SOLO HIGHEST GRADED"
Also, how much does ICCS charge to take some shots of an ultra-rare before sealing it into a distorting double-flip? Is it the scanner, the outer flip, the mylar inner flip, or a scratch under the Queen's chin on this "MS-65"?
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A $14,000.00 coin and, they want to charge you $14.95 for shipping...   |
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For a $14,000 listing you would expect a more professional listing
I would have had a gallery of photos; including a close-up shot of the detached jewel
and the alignment of the large beads with the "D.G. Regina" lettering
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As I mentioned in another thread, the intent is not to sell this coin on ebay. It is just a cheap means to say "we got one, if you want it, come see us at the next coin show". How many coins do you think Proof Positive Coins actually sells on its ebay store? "Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert OppenheimerContent of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_USMy eBay store
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I can think of better ways to spend $14k.
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I own a PCGS MS-65 RB and have seen a PCGS MS-64 RB and an ICCS MS-63 Red. Rob, our friend Doug snapped one up at the last winter Torex that we all were together, ICCS MS-65 Red. It was not the prettiest MS-65 Red I have seen, but still, it was nice to examine a mint state version of that variety. "Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert OppenheimerContent of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_USMy eBay store
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Roger - That's my point. Although Charlton may only list them up to MS-60, higher grade ones are out there. I think that's true of other varieties also. Whether it is true of the five cent piece that started this thread, I don't know.
http://www.victoriancent.com2011 & 2025 Fred Bowman Literary Award Winner, 2020 J. Douglas Ferguson Award Winner, & 2022 Paul Fiocca Award Winner. Life Member of RCNA.
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 with Bosox, I've been searching through my own coin inventory and have come up with dozens of unattributed varieties the I.C.C.S never listed on their Certificates. I contacted them and asked what the fee would be for this, I was advised by Scott that it's "free" as long as Charlton Catalogue lists the variety! So off 30 coins went to I.C.C.S. and all were confirmed with the specified varieties from Double Hp's, SWL's, etc. Glenn  Edited by glenzy1
07/27/2012 3:01 pm
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HaHa...you thought the shipping charge was funny, I like how he combines shipping for only a buck. |
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Of course, if you spend over $100, he'll ship for free, so that's an incentive to buy right there...
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Posted 07/27/2012 12:56 am
