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Pillar of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
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That makes me sad, someone will love them though I guess..
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Valued Member
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Little steep asking price
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Valued Member
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Why would you do that to those coins?
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Pillar of the Community
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That's awful...  |
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Pillar of the Community
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Very sad fate for those Franklins  At least the sell was honest enough to mention AT. |
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Pillar of the Community
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Based on my knowledge of chemical treatments to get that finish these may have been exposed to hydrogen cyanide, or hopefully instead hydrogen sulphate. Hydrogen cyanide is nasty stuff but makes metals look cool
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Bedrock of the Community
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Ouch!
The auction closed with no bidders. Wonder if he'll drop the price a bit. $1k seems a bit much for $700 of junk.
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Rest in Peace
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@wheatchaser140, Do you have color pencils?  |
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Pillar of the Community
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Yeah I have colored pencils!  |
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Pillar of the Community
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That would make a killer avatar brocephus !
Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
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Why would you do that to those coins?
I am what you call an old school kind of guy. I HATE this generation and what they are doing with everything they come into contact with. This generation is obsessed with toning and they will do anything to get that toning. And believe it or not this generation will pay big bucks for toned coins even if they arent natural. A lot of people love toned coins, including myself but I'm talking about the un-natural toning people do is very "in" right now with this current generation. They dont care if its natural or not. It looks "kool" and "awesome". Check out ebay for yourself and see what these idiots are doing to our coins. Both bullion and numismatics are being destroyed by this ridiculous fake toning. |
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That would make a killer avatar brocephus ! Maybe when I hit 1500 posts I'll change it.  Usually I change my avatar every 500 posts (not on purpose, it just happens that way). Lol "brocephus"...I'm the whack job 'Raymo?  Kidding! Quote:
They don't care if its natural or not. Arguably, it's only the newbs of this generation that this appeals to. Show a 16 year old who's been "collecting" for 2 months an AT coin, they'll probably say "Ooh shiny! Me like." Show it to 16 year old who has been seriously collecting for several years an AT coin, they won't like it. It's all a matter of experience. The ebay sellers who carry ridiculous artificially toned coins are only peddling to the ignorant, not coin collectors that know what they're doing. |
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Ha, love your drawings !
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Auction was to steep for my blood. Like Celtic said they're only worth $700 at melt. What was done to the coins merits only melt value. I think that he definitely ruined any numismatic value they may have had.
He'd have to drop the price significantly before I'd show any interest.
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