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Wow Raymo, that merc has been polished within an inch of its life. But it seems to be going for a good price, with 22 hours left.
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Pillar of the Community
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Funny thing; I purchased a GSA morgan off this seller a while back and the casing was in horrible shape. Could have used a good polishing job with some Plast-x or whatever it's called, but remained untouched by the seller. Proceeded to clean it up, took better pics, and flipped it for a $40 profit. :)
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05/07/2013 11:11 pm
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United States
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Wow Raymo, that merc has been polished within an inch of its life. But it seems to be going for a good price, with 22 hours left. Yeah it just kills me that he did that to a coin with that distinct of an over date. I would have went big on that coin if it hadn't been messed with. I've been looking for a good one for quite awhile.  Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
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Weird seller. Some of his stuff looks nice, and some of it has plainly altered surfaces. All his auctions are Private, so we'll never know if he's shill-bidding the prices up.
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Nevermind, different seller I was thinking of.
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05/08/2013 12:06 am
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Yeah it just kills me that he did that to a coin with that distinct of an over date. How do you know that he did it? |
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United States
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You're right, I don't know that he did it but I did go through his feedback a bit.
Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
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United States
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I don't think he's responsible for the cleaning - he's offering coins which are original, as well - he's just someone who is willing to trade in altered coins, not mentioning the fact, without compunction.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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The joy of filling a big hole in my Mercury dime collection (I got a beautiful 1926S coming to me from Minnesota!) was soon replaced with distain. I'm down to 3 holes (1916D, 1921P and 1925D). I was scouring ebay for the '21P and found a large number of cleaned/polished/altered surfaces. For such a difficult coin, it's a real shame that this was done. One in particular was at least a VF without the help... Ugh! |
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United States
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I'm a terrible photographer - and only have my cell camera - but here is my current merc album!   |
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United States
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Looks good BuffalosRock! Yes. I agree ebay is a double edge sword, sometime you get bargains, other time you get garbage. |
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United States
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Thanks macmercury, I put a lot of time into it. Kept the 1940 and up to $12 or less pricepoint per coin, rest of that page to $40 or less. TRIED to keep to that $40 budget on the first page but couldn't! LOL ;)
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Dang Buffalo, wish your pics were better. I like looking at others albums. Looks like you have the 16-D left also.
Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
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United States
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Buffalo's... despite your self-admitted lack of photography skill, that is a beautiful Merc collection!
You did exceptionally well to keep your costs down. I know firsthand how difficult it is to find teens and twenty's Mercs at less than $40 that have quality finishes and haven't been cleaned. Yesterday, I just got an exceptional deal -- I got uncleaned VF+ '26S for $28.50. I need the '16D, 21P and '25D to finish my run. Then I have to go back and upgrade some 'over circulated' examples in my collection.
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Chetzler, 50, 75, 100, 150+ year old silver tarnishes. Over time, especially if the coin has been in an album and the tarnish layer is allowed to thicken without normal circulation to wear it off, they become darker. For me, a toned Merc. is more attractive than lighter coins. I specifically look for F,VF, EF album toned coins. I prefer the look and many times they are cheaper. MS coins aren't as attractive to my eye. I'm definitely in the minority. It works well for my wallet too. You also have to be aware of artificially toned coins. My pet peeve. A whole other discussion. Also, coins that have been polished with a jewelers cloth have a specific look. Slick and shiny. The chemical on a jewelers cloth arrests the tarnishing process and the coin resists naturally re-toning and never regains a natural look. The upside to all this polishing is it makes the unmolested coins more scarce and eventually more valuable. The 1919 D below is kinda how I like them. It's nothing special. Just one I had riding around with me today.   |
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