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Edited by LibertyEagle20
11/08/2015 5:50 pm
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The 23S with strong luster in MS62 is hard to find, but it looks like the dealer may have got the best end of the deal. Can you show a better photo of the obverse? From the photo it looks like the grade may have been knocked down because of the reverse scratch.
Edited by Slider23
11/07/2015 7:37 pm
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Yes the front of the coin is beautiful. I have got to talking before and not paid enough attention to what I was purchasing as well.
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Slider - I remember you telling me about most 23-s being dull. That's why I paid so much for a ms62 on this one. I'll try to get a better picture of the observe, it looks really good to me. This coin has good luster and doesn't have that grayish dull color. If it weren't for those big scratches on the back I'd say it would be a 64 if not a 65. I've seen 62's sell for $40 though so I probably did get ripped off even if the observe is nice and lustrous. At least this is bright white with no toning. I know I've made worse purchases in the past.
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It is SO easy to fall in love with the obverse of any coin and then let the reverse slide after a quick glance.  |
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Still a nice coin, though  |
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Are you sure that those are Reverse scratches through the letters?. From what I am seeing that looks like a monster die crack . Pretty nice coin overall from my monitor.
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I had nearly the same experience with a 1938-D Walker. It looked like mint condition at a great price. I just somehow did not see the scratches on the reverse. The head and skirt were just beautiful. Now I understand why I got such a good deal on the coin. Live and learn. To good to be true it probably is too good. I think we all share these experiences at some time. You make them once and then try not to do it again.
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This just happened to me last week. I visited a new coin shop and was looking at Barber halves. Thought I really got a good deal (<VG price for -what I thought was - an easy F) until I got home and took a good look at the reverse- just like you said Coinfrog, focusing on th obverse - and found 5 diagonal scratches that make it a melt value coin. I usually look at a coin in hand without magnification first and then with my loupe. I didn't check this one with my loupe because the surfaces looked so "natural". Yes, live and learn |
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We all do things like this occasionally. When I was 9 or 10, I was at a coin show, but I only brought a couple hundred dollars, so I decided to sell a gold dollar, an 1861, so I could buy other things. Since I was unexperienced at that point, I just went to dealer and took the first price he offered, which was $70. I only paid $75 in the first place, because the coin had some glue residue on the reverse, but I still lost some.
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You did fine with your purchase as you have a MS62 blast white that is not heavily bag marked. Someday you may want to upgrade to a MS64, but you will pay in the $350+ range.
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Posted 11/07/2015 7:38 pm
