Coins From Auction

Thanks Texasmick, I'll try that, and Yes I did have a good time. Coins went a lot higher than I thought they would.
LeAnn

Got a few closer pictures for everyone to look at. The mint set I did not make it larger. It's in the original package and envelope from Philadelphia.

The letters on the back of the 2x2's were there when I received the coins. I have no idea if it was the auction employees or the owner of the coins. I knew the 08-s was not fine with the way the back is smooth in sections.
The things I did not like about the auction, was they grouped several coins together and top bid got choice. Not really fair when each coin was listed separately, should have sold separately. The other thing I did not like was the advertisement said coins sell at 1:00, I got there about 11:05 to have a look at the coins, and they started bidding right after I got there. Less than 5 minutes. By 1:00 we were done with the coins. Not fair to the guy that showed up at 1:00 to bid on coins.
LeAnn

I must warn anyone who visits a coin auction. The auctioneers are there to make money and they know coins will bring in people, people who know nothing about grading. Not all people, but most don't.

The auctioneers usually never display there best grading skills, but rather their liberal side.

It seems an auction's name like Long Beach draws more people than the coins themselves. So be careful not to bid against others just to win an item. Because you will eventually pay more than the coins are worth.

I'm not saying auctioneers are crooked, but many fall under the desguise that grading is an opinion and is too subjective to say their skills don't compare to the third party grading companies like PCGS or NGC.

I say again, auctions or auctioneers are not crooked all across the board, but just to be careful when bidding frenzy begins and always pay the value of a grade or two lower than the 2x2 or auctioneers claims.